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અધ્યાત્મતત્ત્વાલક,
callyThe milk in the form of ( the practice ) religious rites, taken under the influence of delirium of deception, affects a change for worse. The seed sown in the mental field, when purified by the uprooting of delusion, tends to sprout forth. ( 56 ) માયાગર્ભિત અનુષ્ઠાન વિકારજનક છે – - “ વંચકતારૂપ સન્નિપાત લાગ્યો હોય, તે અનુષ્ઠાનરૂપ દૂધ વિકાર કરનારું થાય છે. માયારૂપ શલ્યને ઉખાડી મનરૂપ ભૂમીને સ્વચ્છ કરવામાં આવે, તેજ તેમાં વાવેલું બીજ અંકુરે ઉપજાવવા સમર્થ થઈ 21} .”—45 दम्भः संसारसमुद्रे पातयतिसंसारसिन्धोः परिलङ्घनार्थ-मध्यात्मपोते बहुभागलभ्ये । चे छिद्रलेशोऽपि हि दम्भनामान तर्हि तत्पारगतिस्ततः स्यात्॥५७॥ . Even if there be a small hole called hypocrisy, in the spiritual ship, obtained only by pre-eminent merits, useful for the purpose of crossing the ocean of the phenomenal world, then, the crossing over to the opposite bank is impossible. ( 57 )
Notes :--The bitter fruits of duplicity are well illustrated in the life of Mallināth, as related in the Trishashthi Salākā Purusha Charitra. There was a prince called Mahābala ( who evolved as Mallinātha in bis next brith ) full of prowess and magnificence. He had six friends who were all princes. He, on hearing religious discourses delivered by the revered ascetic Varadharma, entertained feelings of indifference to worldly affairs. All bis friends followed
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