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JEZIRI - ** CHAPTER FOUR
Soul and points out that howsoever a person seeks the Supreme Soul, he does get his reward to the extent to which he tries sincerely to reach Hlm (Ye Yatha Mam Prapadyante Tamstathaiva Bhajamyaham). In verse 7 of this chapter the Lord assures the people that whenever righteousness is in decline and unrighteousness is ascendant, social forces are so generated that good elements of the society are protected and bad elements are destroyed and righteousness is firmly established. This is how the Jain perspective would explain verses 7 and 8 because the Jains would reject the theory of the Divine descent by the Soul to save humanity. Such interpretation recognizes the realities of the process of social psychology and is corroborated by the history of all social revolutions in every country of the globe. The emergence of the Upanishadic Rishis, the Jain Tirthankaras such as Rishabh Dev, Neminath.
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