Atmanushasana

Author(s): J L Jaini
Publisher: Central Jaina Publishing House

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ATMÁNUSHÅSANA.
209. The soul makes even that body, which is allimpurity, an object of worship. Fie on that wicked (body), by which even such a soul is made untouchable. रसादिराद्यो भागः स्यात् ज्ञानावृत्यादिरन्वितः । ज्ञानादयस्तृतीयस्तु संसार्येवं त्रयात्मकः ॥ २१० ॥
210. A mundane soul has three parts, thus :-the first is fluid, and (blood, bone, etc.); the other is the knowledge-obscuring, etc., (Karma); the third is knowledge, etc., (innate qualities of the soul).
भागत्रयमिदं नित्यमात्मानं बन्धवर्तिनम् । भागद्वयात् पृथक्कतुं यो जानाति स तत्त्ववित् ॥ २११ ॥
211. He is the knower of the principles (7 Tattvas), who knows how to separate the eternal soul, existing in bondage, and having three parts, from the (first) two parts (above-stated).
करोतु न चिरं घोरं तपः क्लेशासहो भवान् । चित्तसाध्यान् कषायारीन्न जयेद्यत्तदज्ञता ॥ २१२॥
212. (If) you cannot bear hardships, do not practise long, rigorous austerities. It is thy ignorance that thou dost not conquer the enemies, passions, which can be subjugated by (control of) mind,
हृदयसरसि यावनिर्मलेऽप्यत्यगाधे वसति खलु कषायग्राहचक्रं समन्तात् । श्रयति गुणगणोऽयं तन्न तावद्विशङ्क समदमयमशेषैस्तान् विजेतुं यतस्व ॥ २१३ ।।
213. So long as the clear and unfathomable lake of the heart is throughout infested with the host of crocodiles of passions, the host of (pure) attributes cannot fearlessly resort to it. Strive to subjugate them (the passions) with equanimity, self-control, renunciation, and the like,