Aptamimansa

Author(s): Vijay K Jain
Publisher: Vikalp Printers

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Aptamīmāmsā
Bodily and other distinctions do not make you great:
अध्यात्म बहिरप्येष विग्रहादिमहोदयः । दिव्यः सत्यो दिवौकस्स्वप्यस्ति रागादिमत्सु सः ॥२॥ सामान्यार्थ - आप में शरीर आदि का जो अन्तरंग और बहिरंग अतिशय पाया जाता है वह यद्यपि दिव्य और सत्य है, किन्तु रागादियुक्त स्वर्ग के देवों में भी उक्त प्रकार का अतिशय पाया जाता है। अतः उक्त अतिशय के कारण भी आप मेरे स्तुत्य नहीं हो सकते हैं।
The superior excellence of your body etc. - both internal and external – which though is real and divine can be found even in celestial beings who are swayed by impurities like attachment. Therefore, this too does not make thou great.
The Arhat, the World Teacher or 'Jina', is free from eighteen imperfections, and possessed of forty-six distinctive attributes. The divine attributes and splendours of the Arhat are described thus in the Scripture:
The Arhat is free from these eighteen imperfections: 1. janma - (re)birth; 2. żarā - old-age; 3. trsā-thirst; 4. kşudhā-hunger; 5. vismaya-astonishment; 6. arati – displeasure; 7. kheda - regret; 8. roga - sickness; 9. śoka - grief;
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