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## Five Marks of Right Faith (Samyaktv)
**Yoga Shastra, Second Light, Verse 15**
In the prison of death, suffering various tortures inflicted by the shackles of karma (dandapashak), unable to resist them, accepting the feeling of ruthlessness, he is overwhelmed with sorrow. It is said:
"Without practicing in the afterlife in the realms of hell, animal, human, and god, devoid of the poison of attachment, he experiences sorrow with detachment (vairagya) without the Vedas."
Many Acharyas have interpreted the meaning of "sanveg" and "nirved" in the opposite sense - "sanveg" meaning detachment from the world and "nirved" meaning the desire for liberation.
**4. Compassion (Anukampa)**
The desire to have mercy on suffering beings is compassion. True compassion is the feeling of wanting to alleviate the suffering of the distressed without any partiality. Even tigers, lions, etc., have compassion for their children, but that is partial compassion. Compassion is of two types: material and emotional. Material compassion is to alleviate the suffering of the distressed person by counteracting their suffering to the best of one's ability. Emotional compassion is to have a tender heart towards the distressed and be filled with mercy. It is said:
"Seeing beings experiencing suffering in the ocean of the world, to connect them to righteous conduct with material and emotional compassion without partiality, according to one's ability, is truly to eradicate their suffering." (Shra. Pra. 59)
**5. Faith (Astikya)**
The soul is real, and the realms of heaven, hell, and the afterlife are the fruits received by the soul according to its good and bad tendencies. Karma is the cause of the diversity of beings in the world, and there is karma-phala (fruit of karma). One who believes this is a believer (astik). His feeling (guna) or action (karma) is astikya. Even after hearing and knowing the nature of other religious principles, one who never desires to accept another religious principle while abandoning the Jain principles, and whose firm faith is in the Jain principles, is the true believer. Such a believer can be identified by his faith even when the dharma and samyaktv are not directly visible (indirectly). For such a believer with the mark of astikya, it is said:
"What the Jineshwars have said is true and without doubt. Such a person, endowed with auspicious results and free from doubts, desires, and other vices, is considered a samyaktvī."
Some Acharyas have explained the marks (lingas) of samyaktv, such as "sham," etc., in a different way. According to them, "sham" means to calm (upasham) the false belief (mithyabhinivesh) by holding fast to the principles of the Agamas composed by the well-examined speakers (aps). This is the first mark of right faith (samyagdarshan). In short, one who abandons the untruth and accepts the truth (satya) is a samyagdarshi. "Sanveg" means to practice righteous conduct according to the teachings of the Jinas and to have faith in them, out of fear of birth and death and suffering in the realms of hell, etc. A samyagdarshi soul with sanveg contemplates the physical and mental torments, the cold, heat, and other pains experienced in hell, the torment caused by the interaction with the wicked and demonic beings of that realm who remind them of their past enmity, the suffering of being subservient to others in the animal realm, being beaten with wood, whips, etc., the poverty, misfortune, disease, and anxieties in the human realm, and fears them, and thus practices righteous conduct to prevent them and attain peace from those sufferings. Only then is the mark of sanveg visible. Alternatively, the increasing enthusiasm (vega) in samyagdarshan - its growth - is the mark of sanveg in samyaktv. "Nirved" means the feeling of non-attachment to objects. For example, a nirvedavan soul thinks: "The attachment of beings to worldly pleasures, which are difficult to attain in this world, will bear many troublesome fruits in this life and will also bear the extremely bitter fruits of hell, animal, and human births in the afterlife. Therefore, what is the benefit of such pleasures? They must be abandoned." Thus, the samyagdarshan of the soul can also be identified by detachment (vairagya). "Anukampa" means to feel a vibration in the heart in accordance with the suffering of another when one sees it. Its action is in the form of mercy. Anukampavan thinks: "The world...