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Some scholars believe that there are many interpolated verses in the verses praising Samyakdarshan. In their opinion, either all the verses after the 34th verse, which are for the change of meter, till the end of the chapter, are interpolated, or those verses in which they find repetitions must be interpolated. There is no doubt that the meter has changed from Anushtup to Arya after the 34th verse in the text. But the change of meter is not a guarantee for declaring a verse as interpolated. Often such changes are found in texts. Swami Samantabhadra's 'Jinshatak' and 'Vṛhatsvayambhu Stotra' are good examples of this, where the praise of a particular Tirthankara is not only in a different meter but also in more than one meter. Besides, the meter that has changed here has continued till the end of the text, except for two or three exceptions. The rest of the chapters of the text are mostly composed in the same meter, and therefore this doubt arising from the meter does not seem to have any force. However, the matter of repetitions is definitely worth considering. Although repetition alone does not make a verse interpolated, we do not hesitate to say that there cannot be any unnecessary repetitions in Swami Samantabhadra's compositions. To investigate this matter, we have read these verses many times with great care, but we have not found any repetition in them. Each verse has a new meaning and a new arrangement of words. Each one has a special feature - the subject matter of each one is the greatness or the fruit of Samyakdarshan, even though it is different, and all the verses seem to be composed by one and the same scholar - from one mint. We do not dare to call any one of them or any of them interpolated. We do not know where they have experienced these repetitions. Perhaps they have understood this
and they may also say that 'when it is stated in the 35th verse that a pure Samyakdrishti being does not take birth in the hell, animal, eunuch and female realms, does not go to bad families, and is not disabled, short-lived or poor, then it naturally follows that he takes birth in the human and divine realms, is a male, goes to good families. He also attains a good state of wealth etc. And therefore, human and divine realms