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future as one can see the Amalaka fruit placed on the palm of one's hand. (Verse-21)
12. Nātha - O'Lord ! you are the protector of the helpless as you guide and save the worldly creatures, drowning in the fearful ocean of mundane existence, by preaching the liberating faith to them. Therefore you are said to be Nātha - the protector. (22)
13. Vītarāga - Attachment is nothing but attraction towards the auspicious and pleasurable objects and its opposite, i.e. revulsion towards the inauspicious and painful objects is aversion. But, you are, O'Lord ! free from such attachment and aversion. When their pride is destroyed, the principal gods like the Brahmā, Visnu, Mahādeva and Sürya, etc, too, bow at your feet. Even then O'. Jina ! you remain unaffected. The lotus that lives a life of being rubbed, crushed, plucked and grabbed and eaten by aquatic creatures, lives (metaphorically) in your hands, feet, eyes, nails and lips without all these faults and flaws. Curly hair, dense eyebrows, twinkling starry eyes and being without a teacher are considered to be flaws in a person, but in your case the very same things are taken as virtues only. Even while the gods that appear in various forms live in your body (i.e. your body looks so divine), you are without the flaws that are attributed to those gods. Therefore, you are said to be Vītarāga - the unattached. (Verses 23–27)
14. Kevalī – Those, who know all the modes of all the substances, caused by their infinitely changing nature, in three time periods – the past, present and the future – are said to be Kevalīs or omniscients. You, O' Lord ! constantly and completely know all the substances worthy of being known through the spread of your unvanquished power. Therefore, you are called Kevali or the Omniscient. (Verses 28–29)
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