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The collection of Gadashti is like salty water everywhere, know the Bhavas here;
Tavashruti is like sweet water, 62 meanings - and here the whole world is considered like salty water, and Tattvashruti is considered like sweet water.
The commentary says that the salty water and sweet water mentioned above, what is it? It has been explained here. The whole world is like salty water. The worldly affairs, which are in the form of non-Tattvashravana, are also like salty water. Just as no seed can sprout in salty water, similarly, no good or bad seed can sprout in worldly affairs or non-Tattvashravana, but they are burnt.
As long as a human being has the desire to drink the salty water of this worldly ocean, it is like hoping for a flower in the sky to get a seed. As long as one does not give up drinking this salty water, and does not develop firm detachment in the mind, and does not give up the desire for worldly life, it is not possible for knowledge to arise.
When detachment and dispassion arise in the mind, then knowledge arises; when one stops in detachment and dispassion, then one forgets one's own awareness. - Shrimad Rajchandraji's Shri Atmasiddhi
And to the discerning mind, this worldly ocean truly seems salty, and he experiences its bitterness every moment, so he does not want to stay in this world even for a moment. Because he has the feeling of detachment that
"All the relationships that arise in this worldly ocean become a place of disaster for humans." " भवाब्धिप्रभवाः सर्वं संबंधा विपदास्पदम् । संभवन्ति मनुष्याणां तथान्ते सुष्ठु नीरसाः ॥ वस्तुजातमिदं मूढ प्रतिक्षणविनश्वरम् । जानन्नपि न जानासि ग्रहः कोऽयभनौषधः ॥ यद्वद्देशान्तरादेत्य वसन्ति विहगा नगे ! तथा जन्मान्तरान्मूढ प्राणिनः कुलपादपे॥ प्रातस्तरुं परित्यज्य यथैते यान्ति पत्रिणः । स्वकर्मवशगाः शश्वत्तथैते क्वापि देहिनः ॥ शरीरं शीर्यते नाशा गलत्यायुर्न पापधीः । मोह : स्फुरति नात्मार्थः पश्य वृत्त' शरीरिणाम् ॥"
Shri Shubhchandracharyaji's Jnanarnava, the beautiful and heart-touching form of these feelings is described in detail in Shri Shubhchandracharyaji's Shri Jnanarnava, Shrimad Rajchandraji's Bhavanavobodh, and Shri Vinayvijayji Upadhyayaji's Shri Shantasudharas. Those who are particularly curious should see it there. And based on that, it has been said briefly..