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Navami Dasa
With Hindi Bhashya Commentary
The ignorant person who desires to worship the Jina, even though he does not see the devas, yakshas, and guhyakas, says that he sees them. He thus accumulates the great deluding (maha-mohaniya) karma.
The meaning is that to consider all substances as 'real' (sat) is the truth. He who proves the 'real' as 'unreal' (asat) accumulates the great deluding (maha-mohaniya) karma.
Now the author, while describing the thirtieth place, says regarding the devas themselves:
"Apassamano passami deve jakkhe ya gujjhage. Annani jina-putthi mahamoham pakuvvati." (Sutra 30)
"Though not seeing, I see the devas, the yakshas, and the guhyakas. The ignorant person who desires to worship the Jina accumulates the great deluding (maha-mohaniya) karma."
Padarthanvaya: The ignorant person (annani) who desires to worship the Jina (jina-putthi), even though he does not see (apassamano) the devas, the yakshas, and the guhyakas, says that "I see (passami) them", he accumulates (pakuvvati) the great deluding (maha-mohaniya) karma.
Meaning: The ignorant person who desires to worship the Jina, even though he does not see the devas, yakshas, and guhyakas, says that he sees them, and thus he accumulates the great deluding (maha-mohaniya) karma.
Commentary: This sutra speaks about the proclamation of his false glory. The ignorant person who desires to worship like the venerable Jina, goes around telling people that he sees the devas - the celestial beings and the lords of the vimanas, the yakshas - the attendants of the devas, and the guhyakas - the lords of the underground abodes, but in reality, he does not see them. He speaks this falsehood only for the sake of gaining fame, and thus he accumulates the great deluding (maha-mohaniya) karma. Because he is so eager for fame that he does not even realize that by lying, he is committing a new sin. The foolish person, in the absence of true qualities, desires to worship like the venerable Jina, and also speaks falsehood regarding the 'vision of the devas', and thus he comes under the bondage of the great deluding (maha-mohaniya) karma.