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Verse 4
answer is provided in verses 5 to 10.
Elaborating on the attributes of right faith, in verses 11 to 18 the Ācārya declares that it must be strengthened by eight limbs (astānga):
1) freedom from doubt (niḥśañkita), 2) freedom from worldly desire (niķkāñksita), 3) freedom from revulsion (nirvicikitsā), 4) freedom from superstitions (amūdhadysți), 5) charitable forbearance and concealment of defects in
others (upagūhana), 6) ensuring steadfastness of right faith and conduct so as not
to swerve from the path to liberation (sthitikaraṇa), 7) propagation of the true path (prabhāvanā), 8) joy and affection towards the right path and its followers
(vātsalya). In verses 22 to 24 the three kinds of follies (mūờhatā) that a householder with right faith must assiduously guard against are mentioned:
1) folly relating to worldly customs (lokamūdhatā), 2) folly relating to deities (devamūdhatā), 3) folly relating to preachers (gurumūdhatā).
The Ācārya also asserts that a person with right faith must be free from eight kinds of pride (mada) - verse 25:
1) pride of knowledge (jñāna mada), 2) pride of veneration (pūjā mada), 3) pride of lineage (kula mada), 4) pride of caste (jāti mada), 5) pride of strength (bala mada), 6) pride of accomplishments (rddhi mada), 7) pride of austerities (tapa mada), 8) pride of beauty (śarīra mada).
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