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Essentials of
has got that much potentiality and excellence as mnch the Paramatma has. For this he has quoted here a simili of a tree that tree can by friction, one branch upon the other, create the fire, which is potentiality Tying there so our soul by its potentiality and by adoring the Paramatma can reach there and can be itself a Paramatma.
Fruition of self-adoration
इतीदं भावयेत् नित्यमवाचां गोचरं पदं । स्चत एव तदाप्नोति यतो तावर्तते पुनः । ९९।
In this summing up verse Acharya has very yearningly advised us that we being ordinary and encircled by worldly things and engulfed by temptations should first adore the distinct Arihant, Siddha supreme and then should turn to what indistinct, the Paramatma. This Paramatma shcuid be adored and worshipped continuously unbrokenly, unmovedly, unfluctuatingly and we bring our potentiality to its fruition and become Paramatma. The state of Paramatma cannot be