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must first of all find out who the king is through the royal paraphernalia of the royal umbrella, cāmara, etc. Then he must have faith in the benevolent nature of the king; then he must approach him and serve him whole-heartedly in order to attain his end. Similarly one who desires moksa or libera tion should obtain the knowledge of the true Self, should have faith in the possibility of realisation and finally make an effort to reach the goal. The approach towards the spiritual sovereign is compared to the approach towards a temporal king.
Thus it is emphasised that right knowledge is the indispensable condition of the attempt to successfully achieve liberation or mokşa
Next, the author points out that the view which identifies the Self with the body, etc. is the mark of ajñāna or wrong knowledge.
कम्मे णोकम्मम्हि य अहमिदि अहयं च कम्मणोकम्मं ।
जा एसा खलु बुद्धो अप्पडिबुद्धो हदि ताव ॥१६॥ kamme şokammamhi ya ahamidi ahayan ca kammanokamman jā esā khalu buddhi appadibuddho havadi tūva (19)
कर्मणि नोकर्मणि च अहमिति अहकं च कर्म नोकर्म । __ यावदेषा खलु बुद्धिरप्रतिबुद्धो भवति तावत् ॥१९॥
19. Karmic matter and non-Karmic body-matter constitute the I and (conversely) I am identical with Karmic matter and non-Karmic matter. So long as this belief persists in the Self, it is said to be aprati-buddha, one lacking in discriminative knowledge.
COMMENTARY This gāthā emphasises the fact that it is sheer ajñāna or ignorance to identify the Self with the various types of non-self. Karma, here, refers to the subtle matter constituting the various kinds of Karma, such as jñānāvaranīya, etc., and therefore implies the various psychic states such as delusion, desire, etc. NonKarma refers to the physical molecules constituting the organic body. One who recognises that the Self is by nature entirely distinct from the internal impure psychic states such as delusion, desire, and the external body, is said to be prati-buddha or one with discriminative knowledge. Therefore, one who believes that
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| SR No. | 001607 |
| Book Title | Samayasara |
| Original Sutra Author | Kundkundacharya |
| Author | Hiralal Jain, A N Upadhye |
| Publisher | Bharatiya Gyanpith |
| Publication Year | 1944 |
| Total Pages | 370 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English, Religion, & Philosophy |
| File Size | 8 MB |