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Ätmasiddhi
upon ritual practices to the exclusion of knowledge and is therefore Vyavahäräbhäsi. A bare knowledgeable person insists upon the absolute view to the exclusion of worldly realities and is therefore Nishchayäbhäsi. This sort of onesided thinking is not helpful in arriving at the truth. The people belonging to either of these categories are Matärthi, because they try to tread on the path of liberation by resorting to their one-sided viewpoint.
In this chapter Shrimad has described the characteristics of such one-sided people. The first five stanzas are devoted to the characteristics of the Vyavahäräbhäsi, the subsequent three stanzas to those of the Nishchayäbhäsi, and the remaining two stanzas are common to both of them.
બાહ્યત્યાગ પણ જ્ઞાન નહિ, તે માને ગુરુ સત્ય; અથવા નિજકુળધર્મના, તે ગુરુમાં જ મમત્વ.
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Bähya Tyäg Pan Inän Nahin, Te Mäne Guru Satya; Athavä Nijakuldharmanä, Te Gurumän Ja Mamatva.
The sectarian believes those as true gurus, who have outwardly renounced, but do not have enlightenment; or he has the affinity for
the family gurus, who belong to his sect.
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