Atmanushasana

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

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दोषः सर्वगुणाकरस्य महतो दैवानुरोधात्क्वचिद्यातो यद्यपि चन्द्रलाञ्छनसमस्तं द्रष्टुमन्धोऽप्यलम् । दृष्टाप्नोति न तावदस्य पदवीमिन्दोः कलङ्क जगद्विश्वं पश्यति तत्पभाप्रकटितं किं कोऽप्यगात्तत्पदम् ॥ २५० ॥
250. When an ascetic, a great repository of all qualifications may by chance have a defect, under influence of past Karma, although the defect is like the spot in the moon, even a blind (i.e., indiscriminate) man notices that. The on-looker need not reach his (the ascetic's position to notice the defect.) The whole world sees the spot in the moon, made prominent by her light. Did any one go to her place (in the moon, to see the spot)? यद्यदाचरितं पूर्व तत्तदज्ञानचेष्टितम् । उत्तरोत्तरविज्ञानाद्योगिनः प्रतिभासते ॥ २५१ ॥
251. Through gradually growing knowledge, all that is done in the past appears to an ascetic to be the action of ignorance. अपि सुतपसामाशावल्लीशिखा तरुणायते भवति हि मनोमूले यावन्ममत्वजलार्द्रता । इति कृतधियः कृच्छ्रारम्भैश्चरन्ति निरन्तरं चिरपरिचिते देहेऽप्यस्मिन्नतीव गतस्पृहाः ॥ २५२ ॥
252. So long as there is moisture of attachment, at the root (of the tree) of mind, the tip of the creeper of Desire, keeps fresh even in great ascetics. Knowing this, those, who are quite unattached, always deal strictly even with the long long familiar body.
क्षीरनीरवदभेदरूपतस्तिष्ठतोरपि च देहदोहिनोः। भेद एव यदि भेद्वत्स्वलं बाह्यवस्तुषु वदात्र का कथा ॥२५३॥
253. When (by engaging in deep meditation), there is a difference between the body and the embodied (soul itself), even though they are inseparably connected like