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ĀYARO
3.
Se kittati tesim samutthiyānam ņikkhittadamdāpań samāhiyāņam pannāṇamartānam iha muttimaggań.
3.
The enlightened philosopher expatiates upon the Path of Emancipation to those who are keen (on gaining the knowledge), who are restrained in all their mental, vocal and physical actions, whose mind is attentive and who are possessed of (spiritual) insight.
४. एवं पेगे महावीरा विप्परक्कमंति। 4. Evaṁ pege mahāvirā vipparakkamamti. 4. Inspired by such philosophical discourses on Know
ledge, the undaunted ones make assiduous efforts in the practice of self-discipline).
अणत्तपण्णाणं अवसाद-पदं
५. पासह एगेवसीयमाणे अणत्तपण्णे । Anattapannānań Avasāda -padań 5. Pāsaha egevasiyamāṇe anattapanne. Dejection amongst sādhakas Lacking in Spiritual Insight
6.
5. Lo and behold! All those who are lacking in spiritual
insight feel dejected (in the practice of self-discipline
i.e. asceticism). ६. से बेमि-से जहा वि कुम्मे हरए विणिविट्ठचित्ते, पच्छन्न-पलासे, __ उम्मग्गं से णो लहइ।।
Se bemi - se jahā vi kumme harae viņivittha-citte, pacchanna-palāse, ummaggam se no lahai. I illustrate (my point through a metaphoz.): Say, there is a tortoise (inhabiting the confines of a deep lake). The tortoise's mind is attached to the lake which is covered with moss and lotus-leaves. It (the tortoise) is unable to find a suitable opening (for getting a
glimpse of the limitless sky). ANNOTATION 6. The full purport of the metaphor in this aphorism is as follows: There was a large and deep lake
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