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Appendix-1 Child Understanding-Meaning Translation
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In knowledge, in vision, in conduct, you are unshakable in all four.
You are steadfast, skilled in the scriptures, unyielding, a repository of secrets. ||34||. Bala. If a student approaches a teacher, the teacher praises his qualities. Verse-Knowledge etc. The meaning is that you are unshakable in five types of knowledge, in vision, in the destruction of passions, in the pacification of passions, and in conduct. You are also capable of performing the twelve types of atonement yourself, and you know the methods of making others perform them. You are also devoted to conduct. In all four, it means that you are devoted to the aforementioned knowledge, vision, conduct, and penance. But not in each one individually. You are also a brave warrior against the enemy. And skilled in the scriptures, etc. The word "etc." refers to five types of atonement: 1-Scripture, 2-Hearing, 3-Command, 4-Conquest, 5-Conduct. You are skilled in the five types of atonement or in the principles of the scriptures. That is the meaning you should understand. And you are unyielding, a repository of secrets. You are like the ocean, deep. This is the meaning of the verse: "Approach a teacher with such qualities." ||34||.
Meaning: When asked who to approach for guidance, it is said that one should approach those who are established in knowledge, vision, penance, and conduct, who possess pure intellect, who are knowledgeable in the scriptures, and who are like the ocean in their ability to digest criticism. 42nd. (34)
If I have done anything wrong to you out of love, hatred, ingratitude, or carelessness,
I apologize for it in all three ways. ||35||. Bala. The student seeking guidance apologizes to the teacher. Verse-Love etc. The meaning is that you have done something out of love, hatred, or carelessness. You have done something out of gratitude, or you have done something out of carelessness, without knowing. The word "etc." refers to the offense you have committed against the venerable one. And "if I have done anything" means that I have spoken something that is a fault, a blemish, or a criticism of the venerable one. I apologize for it in all three ways - with my mind, speech, and body. This is the meaning of the verse. ||35||.
Meaning: I apologize for anything I have done or said to you (the teacher) out of love, hatred, ingratitude, or carelessness, in all three ways - with my mind, speech, and body. (35)
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