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.. Description of the nine substances and the path to liberation "Even now, by purifying the three jewels, one attains Indrahood. From there, by becoming a human, one attains liberation." "The scriptures are endless, time is short, and we are dull-witted. Therefore, only that which destroys old age and death is worth learning." ||146||
Thus ends the explanation of the Nirjara substance.
Anvaya-artha (Yasy) For whom (Moha; Raga: Dvesha) delusion, attachment, and aversion (Na vidyate) do not exist (Va) and (Yoga-parikarma) the practice of yogas is not there (i.e., indifference in mind, speech, and body), (Tasy) for him (Ramake) (Shubhashubha-dahanah) the fire that burns the auspicious and inauspicious (Dhyanamaya: Agni) the fire of meditation (Jayate) manifests.
Commentary—This is a statement about the nature of meditation.
Pure, unwavering, and unchanging consciousness is true meditation. The method of its manifestation is now being described—When a yogi truly experiences the ripening of the karmas that cause delusion in perception and conduct, and he contracts that ripening into karmas (which are inanimate and different from himself), then, according to that ripening, he turns away from the use (i.e., he stops the flow of karmas according to that ripening), and he makes that use, which is not deluded, attached, or averse, completely pure and merges it into the soul. Then, for that yogi, who is resting in his inactive, conscious nature, speech, mind, and body are not pleasing (he does not experience them) and he does not engage in his own actions. Because he is capable of burning all auspicious and inauspicious karmas, which are like fuel, meditation, which is like fire, manifests, and it is the means to achieve the ultimate goal.
Then it is said, "Even now, by purifying the three jewels, one attains Indrahood. From there, by becoming a human, one attains liberation." "The scriptures are endless, time is short, and we are dull-witted. Therefore, only that which destroys old age and death is worth learning."
In these two quoted verses, the first verse is from the Mokshapraabhrut, written by Shrimad Bhagavat Kundakundaacharya Dev.
Meaning—Even now, by meditating on the soul through the three jewels, one attains Indrahood and the state of a Lokantik Dev, and from there, by becoming a human (i.e., by taking birth as a human), one attains liberation.
The scriptures are endless, time is short, and we are dull-witted. Therefore, only that which destroys old age and death is worth learning. ||146||
—Thus ends the explanation of the Nirjara substance. Santao.—Now, previously, the cause of Nirjara was described as meditation. Here, the materials and characteristics of its origin are explained. Jass Na Vijjadi—For whom it does not exist. Who is that? Rago Dosho Moho Va—Attachment, aversion, and delusion, or the body born from the arising of delusion in perception and conduct.