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Deeprashti: Attachment to Kutaraka is inappropriate for the seeker of liberation (329)
It is an enemy of the soul, an enemy of the ultimate goal. Just as an external enemy harms and destroys, this enemy of the soul does not hesitate to cause harm to the being, because
Kutaraka causes disrespect to the highly revered Satpurush, Sadagam, etc., due to its nature or its effects. It leads to disrespect and criticism of the teachings, and thus causes great harm to the being. Just as an enemy is always eager to destroy, so too, this enemy of the soul in the form of Kutaraka always seeks to weaken and destroy the mental faculties. Therefore, whoever engages in Kutaraka is doing the work of their own enemy! They are their own enemy!
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And because this is so, what then? For this, it is said— कुतर्केऽभिनिवेशस्तन्न युको मुक्तिवादिनाम् ।
युक्तः पुनः श्रुते शीले समाधौ च महात्मनाम् ॥ ८८ ॥
Kutarke abhiniveshastanna yuko muktivadinam.
Yuktah punah shrute sheele samaadhau cha mahatmanam. 88
A—Therefore, it is not appropriate for the seekers of liberation (mumukhus) to be attached to Kutaraka; but it is appropriate for the Mahatmas to be attached to Shruta, Sheela, and Samadhi.
Commentary
Attachment to Kutaraka, which has the characteristics mentioned above, is in no way appropriate for the seekers of liberation (sannyasis, mumukhus), because it is inappropriate to combine intellect with Kutaraka, and to forcefully combine Kutaraka with intellect.
Vritti: Kutaraka—Kutaraka, with the characteristics mentioned above, abhinivesha—attachment, in that way, its grasping nature. What? So—na—not, yuko—appropriate. To whom? So—muktivadinam—seekers of liberation, sannyasis. Yuktah punah—but it is appropriate, shrute—in Shruta, in the teachings, sheele—in Sheela, in conduct characterized by refraining from harming others, sau cha—and in Samadhi, in the state of deep meditation, mahatmanam—for the Mahatmas, the seekers of liberation, attachment is appropriate.
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* " नियोजयत्येव मतिं न युक्तौ युक्ति मतौ यः प्रसभं नियुक्ते ।
अपनायैव न यः हाचोड़न घटाओपळमाध्यानः ।''—Shri Adhyatmasar,
" आग्रही बत निनीषति युक्ति, तत्र यत्र मतिरस्य निविष्टा ।
पक्षपात तिक्क्ष्य तु युयिंंत्र तंत्र मतित्ति निवेशं !”—Shri Haribhadracharya Ji " मनोवत्स युक्तिगवीं मध्यस्थस्यानुधावति ।
समावंति पुष्लेन तुच्छात्रह्मन:व:।”—Shri Yoavijayakrit Adhyatmapanishada,