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Verse 3
सदृष्टिज्ञानवृत्तानि धर्मं धर्मेश्वराः विदुः । यदीयप्रत्यनीकानि भवन्ति भवपद्धतिः ॥ ३ ॥
सामान्यार्थ - धर्म के स्वामी जिनेन्द्रदेव उन सम्यग्दर्शन, सम्यग्ज्ञान और सम्यक्चारित्र को धर्म जानते हैं - कहते हैं जिनके विपरीत - मिथ्यादर्शन, मिथ्याज्ञान और मिथ्याचारित्र - संसार के मार्ग होते हैं।
The expounder of the Doctrine, Lord Jina, has preached that the excellent path of dharma (that leads to liberation, the state of supreme happiness) consists in right faith (samyagdarśana), right knowledge (samyagjñāna) and right conduct (samyakcāritra). The opposite path - wrong faith, wrong knowledge and wrong conduct – leads to wandering in the world (samsāra).
EXPLANATORY NOTE
As liberation is beyond the experience of those who have not attained omniscience, only an Omniscient is able to explain the meaning of liberation and the path leading to it. On the strength of the Doctrine expounded by Lord Jina, learned preceptors (ācāryas) have explained through profound compositions that, empirically, right faith, right knowledge and right conduct, together, must be understood to constitute the path to liberation.
Ācārya Kundakunda’s Samayasāra:
जीवादीसद्दहणं सम्मत्तं तेसिमधिगमो णाणं। रागादीपरिहरणं चरणं एसो दु मोक्खपहो ॥ ४-११-१५५ ॥ Belief in the nine substances as these are is right faith (samyagdarśana). Knowledge of these substances without
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