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Characteristics of Sectarians
liberation and stays engulfed in the vicious cycle of birth and death. But a Nishchayabhäsi may be able to talk very well; he might attract many people by his apparently strong logic. The unsuspecting people, who get attracted, may be induced to adopt his one-sided view. Thus they also become vulnerable to get drowned in the sea of worldly existence.
એ પણ જીવ મતાર્થમાં, નિજમાનાદિ કાજ; . પામે નહિ પરમાર્થને, અનઅધિકારીમાં જ.
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E Pan Jiv Matärthamän, Nij Mänädi Käj; Päme Nahin Paramärthane, An-adhikärimän Ja.
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The bare knowledgeable also remains sectarian on account of his ego etc.; he does not get on the right path and stays unworthy (of liberation). (31)
Explanation & Discussion: It was pointed out in stanza 28 that while observing restraints etc. the lifeless ritualist cherishes the ego of being called a devotee. The same logic applies to a bare knowledgeable. Such a person cherishes the ego of being called knowledgeable. If he accepts the truth, he has to admit that he was on the wrong path. That would hurt his ego. In order to preserve the ego he shuns the right path and remains conceited. That constitutes the wrong approach; it is Mithyätva. The bare knowledgeable person thus remains unworthy of liberation.
This is mainly on account of undue insistence on absolute viewpoint. He does not realize that every Naya presents only a viewpoint. It can be right from some perspective, but that is a relative truth. In order to arrive at the overall truth one needs to take into consideration all the
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