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346/Go, Ma. Jivakanda
Gatha 274-275
Gatha-artha: The person who experiences mastery in excellent qualities and excellent enjoyments, who performs excellent virtuous deeds in the world, and who is excellent, is a Purusha (superior being).
Vishesha-artha: The one who rests in the most excellent qualities and most excellent enjoyments is a Purusha. Or, the one by whose karmic fruition the soul becomes unaware of the qualities of a sleeping Purusha and does not attain enjoyments, is a Purusha. The one in whom the desire for a woman is found, is a Purusha. The one who performs the best karma is a Purusha.
Shanka: How can the one in whom the desire for a woman is found, perform the best karma?
Samadhan: Yes, because the most excellent one, even though endowed with some capacity, has the desire for a woman, therefore, he performs the best karma. This statement is made by way of Upachara (figurative expression).
Chhadayadi sayam doseshu, ranayado chhadavi param vi dosena.
Chhadanashila jahma, tahma sa vaniya itthi. ||274||
Gatha-artha: The one who covers her own faults and also covers the faults of others, is called a woman due to her nature of covering.
Vishesha-artha: The one who covers her own as well as others' faults is a woman. The Veda that is in the form of a woman is called Striveda. Or, the one who desires a man, is a woman, meaning she is the one who craves for a man. The one who experiences himself as a woman is a Striveda. The Veda in the form of a woman is called Striveda. The one who, through soft speech, sidelong glances, and favorable conduct, brings the man under her control and corrupts him with sinful activities, is a woman. Although some women, such as the mothers of the Tirthankaras, do not possess this characteristic, yet this characteristic is stated considering the majority.
Nevitthi ranesa pumam, raumsho uhalingavidirittha.
Itthavaggisamaranagavedaranagaru procalusachitto. ||275||
Gatha-artha: The one who is neither a woman nor a man, but is devoid of both types of gender, who is afflicted with intense pain like the fire of Avaki, and whose mind is polluted by the constant desire for the sexual union of women and men, is called a Napumsaka (neuter).
Vishesha-artha: The one who is neither a woman nor a man is a Napumsaka. The one whose desire for women and men is...