Atma Siddhi

Author(s): Shrimad Rajchandra, J L Jaini
Publisher: Shrimad Rajchandra Ashram

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ATMA-SIDDHI
True Seeker After Soul ज्यां ज्यां जे जे योग्य छे, तहां समजवू तेह । त्यां त्यां ते ते आचरे, आत्मार्थी जन एह ।। ८॥
यद् यत्र वर्तते योग्यं तद् ज्ञेयं तत्र योगतः। तत् तथैव समाचर्यमेतदात्मार्थिलक्षणम् ॥ ८ ॥
Wherever and whatever is fit (worthy of adoption) he understands it and he also practises it. Such is the person who seeks (or pursues) the soul.
Commentary :-The wise seeker after soul adopts and practises renunciation, non-attachment etc., etc., wherever it is fit to be practised. That is, he lays the right degree and kind of emphasis on the external modes of acquiring self-knowledge and on the self-knowledge itself.
Srimat Rajchandra lays stress upon the futility of mere external rites and also of mere barren knowledge (see verse 3 above).
True Teacher is Essential सेवे सद्गुरुचरणने, त्यागी दइ निजपक्ष । पामे ते परमार्थने, निजपदनो ले लक्ष ॥९॥
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