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न तद्भासयते सूर्यो न शशाझे न पावकः । यद्गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते तद्धाम परमं मम ॥ ६ ॥
"My supreme abode is there where neither sun, nor moon nor Fire illumine it and from where one does not return once he riches there. " - 6 Note: This supports the Jain doctrine that once
having attained Siddhahood, there is no return Aavataran - thus rejecting the idea of the
Divine taking birth again. ममैवांशो जीवलोके जीवभूतः सनातनः । मन:षष्टानीन्द्रियाणि प्रकृतिस्थानि कर्षति ॥ ७ ॥ शरीरं यदवाप्नोति यच्चाप्युत्कामतीश्वरः । गृहीत्वैतानि संयाति वायुर्गन्धानिवाशयात् ॥ ८ ॥ श्रोत्रं चक्षुः स्पर्शनं च रसनं घ्राणमेव च । अधिष्ठाय मनश्चायं विषयानुपसेवते ॥९॥
"In this world of life an Eternal portion of Myself becomes a living soul and abiding in Prakriti draws to itself mind and five senses."-7
"When the Lord (Ishvara) thus obtains a body and when He leaves that body, He
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