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Verses 7, 8
सुनकर और उसके विषय में स्पष्टता से विचार करके जो युक्ति व आगम से सिद्ध ऐसे सुखकारक दयामय धर्म को ग्रहण करने वाला है; ऐसा दुराग्रह से रहित शिष्य धर्मकथा सुनने का अधिकारी माना गया है।
The one who is bhavya*, i.e., has the potential to attain liberation; deliberates over the desirable life-course; is very fearful of misery; seeks real happiness; is endowed with sharp intellect including keen listening; and adopts, after due reflection, the benevolent Doctrine that is in conformity with the reason and the Scripture – such an unprejudiced disciple is worthy of listening to the discourse.
पापाद् दुःखं धर्मात् सुखमिति सर्वजनसुप्रसिद्धमिदम् । तस्माद्विहाय पापं चरतु सुखार्थी सदा धर्मम् ॥८॥
अर्थ – पाप से दुःख और धर्म से सुख होता है, यह बात सब जनों में
* The soul having the potential to acquire right faith that leads to liberation is called 'bhavya'. The subsidential (aupasamika) and the destructional (ksāyika) dispositions (bhāva) arise only in case of the potential (bhavya) souls. But the third - mixed disposition of destructioncum-subsidential (kṣāyopaśamika) - arises in case of the non-potential (abhavya) souls too; the non-potential (abhavya) souls are those not having the inherent capacity for liberation. The soul that will attain right faith (samyagdarśana), etc., is called 'bhavya' - endowed with the capacity for liberation. Or, it is endowed with bhavyatva. And the soul that will not attain right faith, and so on, is called 'abhavya'- not endowed with the capacity for liberation. Or, it is endowed with abhavyatva.
