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of all happiness, and it is capable of removing acute pains attending birth, old age, and death of all beings.
10 Samyaktra is like a canal to the oreeper of the TopKalyāṇa, prosperity, and it becomes manifest hy itself or by ,oontaot with a good preceptor, or by the removal of the predominating influence of picatto tra Mohaniya Karma (Deluding-Infatuating-Karman.)
11. With the acquision of Samyaktva, there arises a permanent and faultless faith in a Findśvara, as a god who is free from the eighteen defects.
12. Then, there arises spontaneously a conviction of accepting As Gurus only Sadhus who are exclusively devoted to the practice of True Dharma, who are competent in the study and teaching of Siddhānta, and who are fond of preaching Dharma Sastras,
13. By hearing the Scriptures promulgated by the Tirthaikaras, the belief of the person conversant with all other principles attains a dislike for the Dharma of ordinary people, like a prisoner in the hold of other persons.
14 He considers as rather insignificant, like a thou-Gospada - cow's foot,-a mere trifle, the ocean of mundane existence which is terrifying on account of the *** Makara,-a marine monster in the form of misery of low-birth; which is filled with a mase of Karmans; and which is formidable. on account of discontent.
15. And, like a warrior protected by an excellent armour in the shape of Samyaktva, he throws into confusion the ordeal of battle of Mithyātva, assisted by powerful warriors of ordinary Dharman
16. Samyaktva has been described as the foundation of the building of Dharma, as the city-gates of the town of Dharwa, as the roots of the tree of Dharma, and as the prime cause of
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