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**Meaning:** 'What is this?' The curiosity that arises in the face of knowledge of Tattvantika (Jain philosophy) does not allow delusion to arise, then how will it allow attachment to remain stable? ||23||
**Meaning:** Just as a lover desiring a beloved does not find pleasure anywhere without the beloved, similarly, a seeker of truth does not find peace anywhere without attaining the knowledge of truth (Paramarthajnan). His interest is not in any object other than the knowledge of truth. ||24||
**Meaning:** Therefore, the egoistic mind hinders curiosity. And then that man, overwhelmed by various kinds of acting, appears confused (bewildered). ||25||
**Meaning:** The one who has adopted yoga (munijeevan), but his attachment has not died, and he has not attained equality, and the truth has not been inquired into, then his birth has been wasted. ||26||