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प्रवचनसार
(acetanatva) characterizes the other substances (dravya), like the matter (pudgala). Those who have firm belief that, being of the nature of consciousness (cetanatva), the soul is different from the other substances that are of the nature of non-consciousness (acetanatva), have the power of discernment, which destroys delusion (moha). I, therefore, make effort to acquire this power-ofdiscernment-svaparaviveka or bhedavijñāna - that enables me to distinguish between the self and the non-self.
तम्हा जिणमग्गादो गुणेहिं आदं परं च दव्वेसु । अभिगच्छदु णिम्मोहं इच्छदि जदि अप्पणो अप्पा 1-90॥
तस्माज्जिनमार्गाद्गुणैरात्मानं परं च द्रव्येषु । अभिगच्छतु निर्मोहमिच्छति यद्यात्मन आत्मा ॥1-90॥
सामान्यार्थ - [ तस्मात् ] इसलिये [ यदि] जो [ आत्मा ] यह जीव [ आत्मनः] आत्मा को (स्वयं को) [निर्मोहं ] मोह-रहित वीतराग भावरूप [इच्छति ] चाहता है तो [जिनमार्गात् ] वीतरागदेव कथित आगम से [गुणैः] विशेष गुणों के द्वारा [ द्रव्येषु ] छह द्रव्यों में से [आत्मानं] आत्मा को (स्वयं को) [च] और [ परं] अन्य द्रव्यों को [ अभिगच्छतु] जाने।
Therefore, the man who aspires to become delusion-free (nirmoha or vītarāga) should, through the study of the Scripture, understand the distinction between the self and the non-self, as per the qualities (guna) of the substances (dravya).
Explanatory Note: All objects have two kinds of qualities (guņa) - the general (sāmānya) and the specific (visesa). The general qualities express the genus (jāti) or the general attributes, and the
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