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Jayaghosha said None can become a sage by tonsure, nor a brahmana by chanting syllable Om (3), nor a hermitage by wearing clothes of Kausha-grass. (Couplet 31).
Advancing on the united path of Right Knowledge-Faith-ConductPenance, the soul obtaining good existences attains salvation in the end. (Couplet 3).
Indulged in form (colour) moth, deer in sound (voice), serpent in fragrance, fish in taste-as these are destroyed, so the ignorant person indicted to these subjects (pleasures) experiences pains and agonies. (Couplets 24, 37, 50, 63).
Lustful of cool water he-buffalow (bison) and delusioned he-elephant in the lust of she-elephant destroy themselves due to their indictment. (Couplets 76, 79).
And like unmoistened lotus in water, attachment-free person remain always happy. (Couplet 99).
Gradation of tinge-feelings :
Possessing the most cruel feelings black-tinged man for getting fruits wants to uproot the tree. Possessing the less cruel feelings than first (black tinged man) he is blue-tinged, he wants to cut the branches of tree, grey-tinged wants to cut twigs (small branches), red-tinged wants to pluck ripe and unripe fruits, yellow-tinged wants to pluck only ripen fruits and white-tinged possessing good and beneficial feelings wishes to gather ripen fruits fallen down on ground from tree only according to his needs. (In accordance to commentaries).
In this tinge-tree the colours, tastes, smells, touches and symptoms of all the six tinges as described in this scripture, are expressed through the medium of examples. For more clarification read couplets 4-30 of this chapter.
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