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The highest seed is to have a pure, skillful mind towards the Acharya and others, like a vigilant observer, with a pure, clear, and direct feeling of reverence. To bow to them with reverence, etc., is the highest seed. Just as devotion to the Jinas is the highest seed, so too is devotion to the Sadguru, the true Guru, the highest seed. This is the ultimate intention of the great author. The greatness of this devotion to the Sadguru has been sung by the scriptures to the extent that they have equated the Sadguru with the Jinas. The Tirthavasa's hymn, "Maru Nigam," (Shri Gachchhachar Panna), and the one who explains the form of the Jinas is also the Sadguru, so he is considered to be of great benefit, and therefore even more so. Placing the Arihant and Siddha before the Panchaparameshthi also indicates the greatness of the direct Sadguru, because the path of self-welfare is the main highway for the soul. The soul, through its own efforts, etc., goes through many great continents, but it reaches the Sadguru's shelter with little effort. The enemies of the soul, such as pride, etc., are also easily overcome by this. Without the shelter of the saints' feet, even with infinite effort, the infinite cycle of births and deaths does not cease, but with the shelter of the saints' feet, it ends in a short time. These wise men, with their firm determination, have considered devotion to the Sadguru as the highest seed. Because,
"Serve the feet of the Sadguru,
Abandoning your own side,
You attain the ultimate goal,
Take your own position as your goal.
Without a direct Sadguru,
Without the benefit of the Jinas as your goal,
The thought of the self does not arise.
Without the teachings of the Sadguru,
The form of the Jinas cannot be understood;
Without understanding the benefit,
The time for the form of the Jinas.
The direct Sadguru, by his own will,
Stays with you;
By other means,
It often doubles.
Abandoning the attachment to your own efforts,
With the right attitude,
He has spoken to you,
Because he has counted the reasons directly.
The enemies of pride, etc.,
Do not die of their own accord;
Going to the shelter of the Sadguru,
They go with little effort."
Shrimad Rajchandra's Shri Atmasiddhi
And to show reverence to such great and benevolent, supremely beneficial, Bhavacharya, Bhavamuni, etc., to serve them with devotion, is also the highest seed, as is easily understood.