Atma Siddhi

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

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ATMA-SIDDHI
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The Greatness of Reverence
जे सद्गुरुउपदेशथी, पाम्यो केवलज्ञान । गुरु रह्या छस्थ पण, विनय करे भगवान ॥ १९ ॥
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यत्सद्गुरुपदेशे यः प्रापद् ज्ञानमपश्चिमम् । छामस्थ्येऽपि गुरोस्तस्य वैयावृत्त्यं करोति सः ॥ १९ ॥
He who, by the preaching of the True Teacher, attained perfect knowledge, did reverence to the Teacher, although He became the adored ominiscient, and the Teacher did not attain God-hood.
Commentary:-Compare Jesus taking his baptism from John the Baptist, and doing reverence to him. Compare also Rama and Krishna and other divine incarnations reverencing their Gurus, who were always less than God.
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एवो मार्ग विनयतणो, भाख्यो श्रीवीतराग । मूल हेतु ए मार्गनो, समजे कोइ सुभाग्य || २० ||
विनयस्येद्दशो मार्गों भाषितः श्रीजिनेश्वरैः । एतन्मार्गस्य मूलं तु कश्विजानाति भाग्यवान् ॥ २० ॥