Yogabindu

SR No.: 011123
Original Sutra Author: Haribhadrasuri
Author: K K Dixit
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1968
Total Pages: 163
Language: Sanskrit, English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 8 MB

Page 107

ON SAMYAGDRSTI
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Or we may grant that in the case of certain people the rise of a noble mental state is made possible by an instruction received froin some other person, an instruction that is multifarious corresponding to the multifarious nature of the people instructed, is serene in tone, is brief, and preceded by a quotation from the scriptural texts.
शिरोदकसमो भाव आत्मन्येव व्यवस्थितः । प्रवृत्तिरस्य विज्ञेया चाभिव्यक्तिस्ततस्ततः ॥३४९॥ širodakasamo bhāva ālmany eva vyavasthitaḥ /
pravịttir asya vijñejā cābhivyaktis tatas tataḥ 1/3491/ A noble niental state is hidden in the concerned soul itself, like water in the underground source; the various extraneous factors simply go to make this state manifest and effective.
'सत्क्षयोपशमात् सर्वमनुष्ठानं शुभं मतम् ।
THATTEETUP AFSTEIGN:27:1134011 satkşayopašamāt sarvam anusthānañ śubham matam |
kşinasamsaracakrānāṁ granthibhedad ayam yataḥ 1/350// of the persons whose worldly existence is Dearing an end all ethico-religious performances assume an auspicious form because of the desirable (i.e. uninterrupted) kşayopasama (of the evil karnias), and that is so because the kşayopašama in question has resulted from the untying of knot.:
Note: Kşayopasama means . an elementary type of reduction in the intensity of karmic 'fruition; the intermediate and advanced types of such reduction are called upašama and kşaya respectively.
भाववृद्धिरतोऽवश्यं सानुबन्धं शुभोदयम् । गीयतेऽन्यैरपि ह्येतत् सुवर्णघटसंनिभम् ॥३५१॥ bhāvav;ddhir ato’vasyam sānubandham śubhodayam /
gīyale'nyair api hy elat suvarnaghațasannibhạm 11351|| Such a Kşayopasama does necessarily give rise to an increment of the noble mental states, and it is the present type of ethico-religious performances-forming a continuous series and conducive to welfare that are described by others too as comparable to a golden jar (whose value does not diminish even when it is broken into pieces).