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Tattvārthasūtra
करना सो 'वेदनाजन्य' आर्तध्यान है।
In case of suffering from pain, thinking again and again for its removal is the third kind of sorrowful (ārta) meditation.
The word 'vedanā' is used in the meanings of feeling - pleasure and pain. But here it is used in the sense of pain as we are discussing sorrow. When pain is caused by disease, such as gout and rheumatism, thinking again and again for its removal is the third type of sorrowful concentration. The fourth type of sorrowful (ārta) meditation is described next.
निदानं च ॥३३॥ [निदानं च ] भविष्यकाल सम्बन्धी विषयों की प्राप्ति में चित्त को तल्लीन कर देना सो ‘निदानज' आर्तध्यान है।
The wish for enjoyment - nidāna – is the fourth kind of sorrowful (ārta) meditation.
Being tormented by the desire for pleasures, thinking again and again wishing for the pleasures not attained is the fourth type of sorrowful (ārta) meditation.
Who are affected by these four types of sorrowful (ārta) meditation?
तदविरतदेशविरतप्रमत्तसंयतानाम् ॥३४॥ [तत् ] वह आर्तध्यान [ अविरतदेशविरतप्रमत्तसंयतानाम् ] अविरत -
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