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Chapter 11 Su-de’va ga Su-guru gua Su-dharma yw..
4. Su-d'èva. It is said.-- 1, गजाश्वपोतोक्षरथान् यथेष्ठपदाप्तये भद्र निजान परान् वा भगति विज्ञा सुगुणान् भज शिवाय शुखान् गुरुदेवधर्मान् ॥ १॥
Adhyātma Kalpa-druma TETEHETTA. i Gajā sava potoksa rathān yathesta padāptayè bharira'. nijān parān vā;
Bhajantı vijņāh suguņān bhajaivam shivāya shuddhân gurudeva dharmān.
1 Just as wise persons take into their service, their own wel-equipped elephants, horses, boats, oxen and chariots or those belonging to others, for the purpose of going to a desired place, in the same manner 0 worthy man!, therefore, adore a Sudèva
a true God, a Su-guru gye-a true Guru-teacher and Sudharma Å a true Dharma for the attainment of Liberation. 2. न धर्मचिंता गुरुदेवभक्तिर्येषां न वैराग्यलवोऽपि चित्ते तेषां प्रसूक्लेषफलः पशूनामिवोद्भव स्यादुदरंभरीणाम् ॥२॥
BEUCHACUCH - Adhyatma Kalpa-druma 2 Na dharmacintābhaktı-r-yêsām, na vairagya lavospi cșittè;
Tèsām prasūklėsa phalah pasūnāmivolbhavah syādudarambharipām.
2 The birth, of such voracious persons, who have no consideration for virtuous actions, who have no devotion towards Gurus and Devas, and who have not a particle of indifference to worldly objects in their minds, is as distressing as the birth of a lower animal.
Kalikāla Sarvajna Acārya Mahāraja Śrımān Hemcandrāchāryaji writes about the most essential qualities of a Sudeva gran a True God thus:
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