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## A Discourse on the Rejection of Eagerness
They say there are three types of death: the death of a child, the death of a child-scholar, and the death of a scholar. The death of a scholar is what the Kevalis (Omniscients) approve of. ||36||
**Explanation:** The child-scholar is one who is eager for non-eating (fasting) and thinks that is the essence of death. The verse says, "There are three types..." etc. There are three types of death of a Tirthankara. One is the death of a child, which is ignorant, devoid of renunciation and wisdom, and is the death of a child. The second is the death of a child-scholar, which is devoid of renunciation from the world. The third is the death of a scholar, which is the death of a scholar who is completely renounced. The death of a scholar is what the Kevalis approve of, meaning that it is the death that is similar to the Kevalis. ||36||
**Meaning:** There are three types of death in the scriptures. ||12n. Bh29|| 3 Ch. 1- Porna Bh25, 2- Death of a Scholarly Being, 3- Death of a Being in the Scholarly Stage. The death that the Omniscients approve of. Scholar Bh29. Vay. (35)
Those who are addicted to the eight passions, whose understanding is corrupted from the path of liberation, who are crooked in their views, and who die without mindfulness, are not called seekers of the highest good. ||37||
**Explanation:** This type of death is characterized by being attached to the eight passions, being corrupted from the path of liberation, being crooked in one's views, and dying without mindfulness. This is considered a death with faults. The verse says, "Those who are addicted to the eight passions..." etc. The meaning is that those beings who are addicted to the eight passions, whose understanding is corrupted from the path of liberation due to passions like attachment, aversion, etc., who are crooked in their views, and who die with a mind that is not in a state of mindfulness, such beings die in a state of unmindfulness. They are not seekers of the highest good. ||37||
**Meaning:** Those who are addicted to the eight passions, whose understanding is corrupted from the path of liberation, who are crooked in their views, die in a state of unmindfulness and are not called seekers of the highest good. (37)
Those who reject death will experience the misery of the heavenly realms in the future, will become those with rare understanding, and their cycle of existence will be endless. ||38||
**Explanation:** This verse explains the consequences of rejecting death. The verse says, "Those who reject death..." etc. The meaning is that those who reject death, as described in the previous verses, will experience the misery of the heavenly realms in the future. They will become those with rare understanding, meaning they will have difficulty understanding the true nature of reality. The word "kil" indicates certainty, and the word "anant" indicates that their cycle of existence will be endless. This means that they will experience countless deaths. ||38||
**Meaning:** Those who reject death will experience the misery of the heavenly realms in the future, will become those with rare understanding, and their cycle of existence will be endless. (38)
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