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Kumari na yatha vetti sukham dayitbhogjam | Na janati tatha loko yoginam samatasukham ||20||
**Meaning:** Just as a virgin girl does not know the pleasure of conjugal bliss, so too worldly people do not know the equanimity-bliss attained by yogis. ||20||
Nati-stutyadhika-samsasha-sarastivraḥ svamarmabhit | Samata-varmaguptānām nārtikṛtso'pi jāyate ||21||
**Meaning:** The desire for bowing, praise, appreciation, fame, etc., are sharp arrows that pierce the very core of the seeker's soul; but for those who have already protected their soul by wearing the armor of equanimity, these are not painful. ||21||
Prachitānyapi karmāni janmanām koṭikoṭibhiḥ | Tamāṁsi-va prabhā bhānoḥ kṣiṇoti samatā kṣaṇāt ||22||
**Meaning:** Just as the light of the sun destroys even the densest darkness in an instant, so too equanimity destroys the accumulated karma of countless births in an instant. ||22||
Anyalingādisiddānām ādhāraḥ samataiva hi | Ratnatrayaphalaprapteḥ yayā syād bhāvajainatā ||23||
**Meaning:** Equanimity is the foundation for the attainment of the Siddhas, who are free from all limitations. It is through equanimity that one attains the three jewels and becomes a true Jain in spirit. ||23||
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