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SHIFTING SANDS OF LIFE
५. पण्णाणेहि परियाणइ लोयं, मुणोति वच्चे, धम्मविउत्ति अंजू ।
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Pannāṇehim pariyāṇai loyaṁ, muṇīti vacce, dhammaviutti anju.
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६. आवट्टसोए संगमभिजाणति ।
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One who comprehends the loka (universe) through his 1 own wisdom is called a muni. He is conversant with the dharma2 and is simple and straightforward in his behaviour.
७. सीओसिणच्चाई से निग्गंथे अरइ - रइ-सहे फरुसियं णो वेदेति ।
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Siosinaccãi se niggaṁthe arai-rai-sahe pharusiyam no vedeti.
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Avattasoe samgamabhijāṇati.
(A self-knowing muni) perceives attachment as a whirl-pool).
A Jain ascetic (Nirgrantha) endures extremities of weather and does not fall a prey either to the ennui (created in the practice of self-restraint) or to the delights (produced by self-indulgence). He is unmindful of the pain.
ANNOTATION 7. Every person is destined to suffer adversities in this world. More so is a sädhaka who leads a life of non-violence and non-acquisitiveness. An ignorant person feels the pain of adversities, while a wise one is aware of adversities, but he does not allow them to make him suffer. His endurance is so much developed that he does not tag pain to his knowledge of it.
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The word muni means a wise man. It comes from the root mun meaning to know'. According to the commentator, the word munti is explained as follows:
"Manute manyate va jagatah trikālāvasthām muniḥ". 1.e.-one who knows past, present and future states of the universe.
2. Dharma means nature. Hence dharmavit means one who is conversant with the nature of Reality or that of the Soul in the context of sadhana.
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