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PREFACE : LXXI
death due to worry and misery.' Even in the heavenly rebirth, he is worried about his imminent departure from the heaven and rebirth in subhuman species. Like this, the righteous soul thinks of the past, present and future miseries and feels an aversion for the worldly existence. He also feels miserable when he thinks of ineternality and unsheltering nature of the world.In the final analysis, he considers the all-renounced monks as blessed and does not feel attached to the worldly pleasures even while enjoying them. Like this, the rightly inclined aspirant gains the detached disposition."
Anukampūlinga (Copassion-sign) : In the 53rd to 77 verses of
this treatise, the author has discussed the fourth sign of righteousness - compassion. He says that a righteous person is compassionate and he always keeps thinking about mitigating others' miseries. He thinks that he must try for the liberation of the worldly beings from their worldly miseries. “As the liberating path propounded by Lords Jina is the only way to liberate the worldly souls, I shall get a magnificent Jina temple constructed with my lawfully earned wealth and get a fine Jina idol installed therein, so that the liberatable beholders
Ibid, 39-42. Ibid, 43-45. Ibid, 47-49. Ibid, 50–51. Ibid, 52. Ibid, 53-54.
