________________ 49 Notes by 'the three guptis' viz. Hatufa, faragha and pyfa. o ( Sk. ) is explained by the commentator as " perafafsira " free from all kinds of attachment. Afgar ( Sk. Afisa ) here means ' destroyed'. It is used in this sense in gurerat arti also (st. 446). St. 30. girersitargo (Sk. utatufafacertaria त्वावबोधरूपं) सार्थ here means 'collection.' तत्त्वावबोध - तत्त्वज्ञान philosophy. The doctrine of नवतत्त्वor the Nine Categories of fundamental truth forms the essence of the Jaina Philosophy. This is the reason why it is called the root of all merits by our author. St. 31. Erit-a737 or art is a Pk, root in the sense of Sk. 39 to abandon. Hence a = Sk. NT: abandonment'. STATSFT (SK. STTATT: ) lit. non-carelessness i, e, observance. aga ( Sk. farami- rata faoyait ) as' explained in the first line of the verse. St. 32. In this stanza we have got a beautiful illustration of what is known as the व्यतिरेक अलंकार or that figure of speech in which the JTAT (or the object of comparison) is described as possessing some rare excellence, and is thus placed above the 3Thn (or the standard of comparison). Thus here तवोकम्म which is the उपमेय excels
