Book Title: Apporva Avasar Author(s): Shrimad Rajchandra, Publisher: USA Jain Study Group NYPage 19
________________ ઘોર તપશ્ચર્યામાં પણ મનને તાપ નહીં સરસ અને નહીં મનને પ્રસન્નભાવ જો; રજકણ કે રિદ્ધિ વૈમાનિક દેવની, સર્વે માન્યાં પુદ્ગલ એક સ્વભાવ જો. અપૂવૅ..૧ર Let me be like a monk Whose mind is not perturbed even during severe penance Who gets no joy from delicious food To whom a particle of dust is the same As the immense wealth of heavenly gods (VAIMANIK DEVA) Since they are different forms Of the same non-living matter (PUDGAL) When...12 In the previous stanza, Shrimad described the impact of external situations on the behavior of a monk. Now he describes the impact of self-initiated efforts to reach the higher stages of spiritual progress. Here the monk does not allow any physical or mental strains resulting from his penance (TAPA) to bother him; nor does he rejoice in tasty food. To him, a particle of dust and immense wealth are the same non-living matter and he has no interest in them. This concludes the first part of the poem in which Shrimad describes his desire for attaining a pure internal state and the behavior befitting a real NIRGRANTH. This first part has reference to GUNASTHANAKAs 4-7. The second part consists of the remaining 9 stanzas relating to GUNASTHANAKAs 8-14, which relate to the process of progressively eliminating karmas (KSHAPAK SHRENEE), attainment of total and absolute knowledge (KEVALGNAN) and liberation (MOKSHA). The spiritual progression from Gunasthanaka 8 through 13 is achieved via deep meditation and introspection (Shukla Dhyan). Jain Education Intemational For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.orgPage Navigation
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