Purusharthsiddhyupay English

SR No.: 001105
Original Sutra Author: Amrutchandracharya
Author: Ajit Prasad
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1933
Total Pages: 160
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_English, Ethics, & Principle
File Size: 11 MB

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PURUSHARTHA-SIDDHYUPAYA
Commentary.
It is a fact that to one possessed of Rat na-Traya, there is bondage of good and bad Karmas; and hence a critic may say that Ratna Traya is the cause of such bondage. It is not so. Passions and vibratory activity of the soul are the causes of bondage. Passions exist till the 10th spiritual stage, and vibratory activity till the 13th; and bondage of good or bad Karmas is brought about by both the vibratory activity, and passions or by either; but is never caused by Ratna Traya; which is always the Cause of Nirjará and Moksha, and of nothing else. Nirjará and Bandha, contradictory in themselves certainly go on at the same time when Ratna Traya is present. But Ratna Traya is the cause of Nirjará alone, and all Bandha is due to vibratory activity and passions. Really speaking the Ghee in a frying pan only helps in making the substance which is being fried delicious and wholesome. If it accidently burns, the burning is due to the excessive heat transmitted to Ghee by fire, and is not caused by Ghee. One should not therefore be led to a wrong conclusion from the mere happening of opposite results simultaneously.
सम्यक्त्व चारित्रबाधलक्षणो मोक्षमार्ग इत्येषः । मुख्योपचाररूपः प्रापयति परं पदं पुरुषम् ॥ २२२ ॥
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222. This path of salvation, known as Right Belief, Knowledge and Conduct combined, has a Real and a Practical aspect; it leads the soul to the highest Stage.
Commentary.
Real Ratna Traya is the path of liberation. Practical Ratna Traya helps in bringing about circumstances which lead to real Ratna Traya. All rules of Conduct laid down for householders and saints are from practical point of view. Real Ratna Traya is selfrealisation only.
नित्यमपि निरुपलेपः स्वरूपसमवस्थितो निरुपघातः । गगनमिव परमपुरुषः परमपदे स्फुरति विशदतमः॥ २२३॥
223. Ever free from (Karmic) contact, free from obstruction, fully absorbed in one's own self, the Highest supremely pure Soul is effulgent, like the sky, in the Highest Stage.