________________
ATMA-SIDDHI
Commentary. With reference to the doubt raised, in verse 45, the eye sees, but the real seer is the soul behind the eye, and the mind knows the form etc., but behind that is the soul (the real knower again. ) These experiences by the senses and the mind depend on outside objects and also upon the intelligence or the attentive consciousness inside. But whatever is independent of all these and remains the innermost and most direct experience, i. e., the feeling of itself by the Soul, is the Soul.
52
छे इंद्रिय प्रत्येकने, निजनिज विषयनुं ज्ञान । पांच इंद्रिना विषयनुं, पण आत्माने भान ॥ ५२ ॥
57
स्वस्वविषये संज्ञानं प्रतीन्द्रियं विभाति भोः ! | परं तु तेषां सर्वेषां जागर्ति मानमात्मनि ॥ ५२ ॥
Each several sense has its own subjectmatter of knowledge. But the soul has knowledge of the subject-matter of all the five senses. 53
देह न जाणे तेहने, जाणे न इंद्र प्राण । आत्मानी सत्तावडे, तेह प्रवर्ते जाण ॥ ५३ ॥
न तद् जानाति देहोऽयं नैव प्राणो न चेन्द्रियम् । सत्तया देहिनो देहे तत्प्रवृत्तिं निबोध रे ! ॥ ५३ ॥
Jain Education International
For Private & Personal Use Only
www.jainelibrary.org
