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Ätmasiddhi
real cause, and when something is going to happen, Nimitta is bound to be there. Actually both of them are equally essential. For instance, the earth may be lying somewhere for millions of years, but it does not turn into a pot, until some one picks it up, cultivates it by mixing it with water, and puts it on a turning wheel. Similarly, in spite of the potential to attain liberation, the worldly souls have been wandering since long in absence of the right guidance and active vigor.
This stanza states that if one insists upon Upädän and forsakes Nimitta, he cannot attain liberation. By virtue of the knowledge about the soul, one may think of the state of liberation to emerge out of the soul's nature and might even call for that state to emerge from within. But without heeding and carrying out the commandments of the Guru and without keeping the state of omniscience as his objective, he cannot attain liberation. If someone therefore exclusively insists on Upädän, he would merely stay bare knowledgeable. He is destined to remain under delusion, and would never attain liberation.
મુખથી જ્ઞાન કથે અને, અંતર્ છૂટ્યો ન મોહ; તે પામર પ્રાણી કરે, માત્ર જ્ઞાનીનો દ્રોહ.
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Mukhathi Jnän Kathe Ane, Antar Chhutyo Na Moh;
Te Pämar Präni Kare, Mätra Jnänino Droh.
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