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Atma-Siddhi
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मुमुक्षुर्यदि जीवः स्याज्जनातीमां विचारणाम । मतार्थी यदि जीवः स्याज्जानीयाद् विपरीतताम् ।।२२।।
Upon reflection a liberation-seeking person recognizes this fact (that association with an untrue teacher leads to sinking in dangerous mundane existence through mighty delusions). A soul, absorbed in own whims, takes this fact to be the opposite.
Non-Seeker of Soul
23 होय मतार्थी तेहने, थाय न आतमलक्ष। तेह मतार्थी लक्षणो, अहीं कह्यां निर्पक्ष ।।२३।। मतार्थी पुरुषो यः स्यान्नात्मान्वेषी स संभवेत्। तस्याऽत्र लक्षणं प्रोक्तं पक्षदोषविवर्जितम् ।।२३।।
A person with own whims cannot be a soul-seeker. Without finding faults or taking sides, here we describe the characteristics of such a person.
24 बाह्यत्याग पण ज्ञान नहीं, ते माने गुरु सत्य। अथवा निजकुलधर्मना, ते गुरुमां ज ममत्व ।।२४।। ज्ञानहीनं गुरुं सत्यं, बाह्यत्यागपरायणम् । मन्येत, वा ममत्वं वै कुलधर्मगुरौ धरेत्।।२४।।
Such a person (with own whims) takes one who is without knowledge and absorbed in external renunciation as the true teacher. Or, through delusional attachment adopts one from own caste as the teacher.
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जे जिनदेहप्रमाणने, समवसरणादि सिद्धि । वर्णन समजे जिननु, रोकि रहे निज बुद्धि ।।२५।। जिनस्य ऋद्धिं देहादिमानं च जिनवर्णनम्। मनुते, स्वीयबुद्धिं य स्तत्रैवाऽमिनिविशते ।।२५।।
Such a person (with own whims) describes Jina in terms of the externalities of his body, size, glory, etc. without applying
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