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## Rithradashti: "Mirage water is a delusion. Blessed is he who lives..."
(473) Thus, the saints have sung the great glory of self-knowledge - Samyagdarshan. Shrimaan Yashvijayji says that the fruit of self-knowledge is meditation, and self-knowledge is the liberator, therefore, the great soul should always strive for this self-knowledge, because knowing the soul, there is nothing left to know, and not knowing the soul, then other knowledge is useless." The supreme self-knower, Shrimad Rajchandraji, also says -
"When you know your own form, then you know everything; if you don't know your own form, then knowing everything is useless." - Shrimad Rajchandra
"Maya, mirage, Gandharvanagar, dream-like. He sees the external objects truly, through the wisdom of scriptures." (156)
Mirage water, Gandharvanagar, and dreams are all similar;
He sees the external objects truly, with the wisdom of scriptures. (156)
Meaning: - This type of person, with this vision, sees external objects truly, through the wisdom of scriptures, as Maya water, Gandharvanagar, and dreams.
Commentary: "He who has time as his servant, mirage water as his delusion... blessed is he who lives! He who has hope as his slave, lust and anger as his prisoners... blessed is he who lives!"
This type of yogi has attained the wisdom of scriptures, therefore, he sees the external objects like body, house, etc., as mirage water, Gandharvanagar, and dreams, from the perspective of ultimate truth.
This Samyagdarshi believes that this entire world is like a mirage, like mirage water - illusory like the water in a mirage (see page 216). In the middle of summer, the forest,
the mirage, Gandharvanagar, Harishchandrapur, etc., dreams - rooms, appear to be real, the cinema - its shapes, the external - body, house, etc., the husband - he sees, from the perspective of the soul, from the perspective of ultimate truth, the illusory - objects, why? Because - the wisdom of scriptures - through the wisdom of scriptures, by having the right knowledge of scriptures.
"Knowing this soul, there is nothing left to know. Not knowing this, other knowledge is useless."
Shri Adhyatmasar, Atmanishchayadhyayakar