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30 [ Kevalajñānāştakam ]
sāmāyikaviśuddhātmā sarvathā ghātikarmaṇaḥ. kṣayātkevalamāpnoti lokālokaprakāśakam.
The soul, purified by equanimity and due to the total elimination of destructive karmas, attains Omnisciencethe illuminator of the universe and the non-universe.
jñāne tapasi cāritre satyevāsyopajāyate. viśuddhistadatastasya tathāprāptirihesyate.
The purity of it ( soul's equanimity) is attained only when it ( soul ) is endowed with the knowledge, austerity and conduct, hence attainment of that ( Omniscience ) is intended that way ( by pure equanimity ).
svarūpamātmano hyetatkintvanādimalāvịtam. jātyaratnāṁsuvattasya kṣayātsyāttadupāyataḥ.
Certainly, Omniscience is the intrinsic nature of the soul, but from the time immemorial it is covered with karmic impurity. Like the removal of the impurity ) of the rays of the prominent gems by devices, due to the elimination of the karmic impurity by means ( practice of equanimity etc. ) that ( omniscience ) originates.
ātmanastatsvabhāvatvāllokālokaprakāśakam. ata eva tadutpattirsamaye'pi yathoditam.
The soul, inherently being that ( illuminator or knower ) illuminates the universe and the non-universe, Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only
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