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Ätmasiddhi
તે જિજ્ઞાસુ જીવને, થાય સદ્ગુરુબોધ; તો પામે સમકિતને, વર્તે અંતરશોધ.
119 OCII
Te Jijnäsu Jivne, Thäy Sadgurubodh; To Päme Samakitne, Varte Antarshodh.
If such a truth seeker gets enlightenment from a true Guru, he can acquire right perception and would turn introvert.
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Explanation & Discussion:
Once a person qualifies to be a truth seeker and becomes worthy, he understands what the true Guru teaches. It should be noted that the worldly soul must have come across true Gurus during its infinite wandering. He might have been in the assemblies of the omniscient Lords as well. However, the teachings of the Gurus and the sermons of the Lords did not help, because the soul did not have the background (that is, the four characteristics as discussed in the preceding stanza) to grasp the truth. It did not have the receptivity for the purpose.
The aspirant, who has the receptivity, can get enlightenment from the teaching of the true Guru. That would lead him to think that till now he had wrongly identified himself with the body, and failed to see the truth on account of his ego and attachment for worldly objects. He would therefore rely
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