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अनुसंधान - १७• 73
Guru, i.e. the Akṣara, is spoken of as 'the sacred texts personified' because he lives in harmony with all the percepts of the scriptures given by Bhagavān Svāminārāyaṇa. Without such a Guru, it is said, there can be no Satsanga. It is only through association with the Akṣara who has come to earth in a personal form that one can get rid of one's vices, baser instincts, and the clutches of Maya and thereby gain release.30
Foot-notes
1. ASS.,1: Je svarūpa samajyā vinā, pāmyo duḥkha anamita / Samajāvyum te pada namum, śri sadguru bhagavaṁta / //; The author of this article acknowledges his gratefullness to the edition of the Atma-siddhi of Śrimad Rajacandra by Rai Bahadur J. L. Jaini, with English translation and Introduction, of which I have made full use, of course with necessary modifications. NMK. 2. Ibid.,9: Seve sadguru-caran-ne, tyagi dai nija-pakṣa /
3. Ibid.,11:
Pāme te paramārtha-ne nija-pada-no le lakṣa 1/9/1 Pratyakṣa-sadguru sama nahim, parokṣa-jina-upakāra/ Evo lakṣa thaya vina, uge na ätma-vicāra //11// Atma-jñāna sama-darśita, vicare udaya-prayoga / Apurva-vāni parama-śruta, sadguru-lakṣaṇa yogya //10/ Sadguru-na upadeśa vana, samajāya na Jina-rupa / Samajya vana upakāra so ? samajye Jina-svaripa //12// Atmadi astitva-na, jeha nirupaka sastra /
4. Ibid., 10:
5. Ibid., 12:
6. Ibid., 13:
Pratyakṣa sadguru-yoga nahim, tyan adhāra supātra //13// Athava sadguru-e kahyām, je avagāhana kāja/ Te te nitya vicāravāṁ, kari matāṁtara tyāga //14 // Svacchamda, mata agraha taji, varte sadguru-lakṣa/ Samakita tene bhākhiyum, kāraṇa gani pratyakṣa //17/ Mānādika satru mahā, nija-chaṁde na maraya /
Jātām sadguru saraṇamām, alpa prayās jāya //18// 10.Ibid.,26: Pratyakṣa sadguru-yoga-mām, varte dṛṣṭi vimukha / A-sadgur-ne drdha kare, nija-mānārthe mukhya //26// 11.Ibid.,34: Atma-jñāna tyām munipaṇum, te sãcã guru hoya / Bāki kula-guru kalpanā, ātmārthi nahi joya 1/34// 12.Ibid.,35: Pratyakṣa sadguru prapti-no, gane parama upakāra / Trane yoga ekatva-thī, vare ājñādhāra //35
13.Ibid.,36-37:
Eka hoya traṇa kāla-māṁ, pararamāratha-no paṁtha/
7. Ibid., 14:
8. Ibid., 17:
9. Ibid., 18:
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