Samayasara

SR No.: 001607
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

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CHAPTER VII
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यो भवति असंमूढं चेतयिता सददृष्टि सर्वभावेषु ।
स खलु अमूढदृष्टि : सम्यग्दृष्टिमन्तव्यः ॥२३२॥ 232. He who is completely devoid of delusian as to the nature of things is certainly understood to be the non-deluded right-believer.
COMMENTARY
In this case also freedom from delu sion as to the nature of things prevents the appearance of karmas arising from delusion. Hence the right believer has only nirjarā to achieve.
Next the author describes upagūhana or the charitable concealment of defects in others.
जो सिद्धभत्तिजुत्तो उवगृहणगो दु सव्वधम्माणं । __ सो उवगृहणकारी सम्मादिट्ठी मुणेयव्वो ॥२३३॥ jo siddhabhattijutto uvagūhanago du sarvadhammāņań so uvagūhaņakārī sammāditthī muneyavvo (233)
यः सिद्धभक्तियुक्तः उपगृहनकस्तु सर्वधर्माणम् ।
स उपगृहनकारी सम्यग्दृष्टिमन्तव्यः ॥२३३॥ 233. He who is filled with devotion to Siddha and who forbears in every way all kinds of defects in others is considered to be the right-believer endowed with the quality of forbearance.
COMMENTARY
The important word in this gātha is upagūhana which means the attitude of forbearance and charity through which the
ts of helpless persons such as children and invalids are overlooked and concealed. This is the usual meaning given by the various Jaina writers for that word upagūhana. That is also the definition given by Samantabhadra in his Ratnakarandka Srāvakācāra (I.I 5) where he explains the constituent element of upagūhana. Prabhāchandra's commentary on the same verse maintains the same point of view. "Children because of ignorance, and, invalids because of their incapacity, may go wrong in their course of conduct prescribed for them by the religion. When they commit mistakes in that way these defects