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Ätmasiddhi only the external accomplishments and consider the same as the true image of the omniscient Lords. The scriptures consider such a concept as misplaced and misleading. It is analogous to describing a capital city as the king.
પ્રત્યક્ષ સદ્ગુરુયોગમાં, વર્તે દૃષ્ટિ વિમુખ; અસદ્ગુરુને દ્રઢ કરે, નિજ માનાર્થે મુખ્ય.
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Pratyaksha Sadguruyogamän, Varte Drashti Vimukh;
Asadgurune Dradh Kare, Nij Mänärthe Mukhya.
In the case of direct access to a true Guru, he turns about his face and reaffirms his belief in the wrong guru, mostly for the sake of his ego.
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Explanation & Discussion:
This stanza deals with the misplaced faith of a sectarian in his wrong guru. He has cultivated firm faith in his guru and feels sure that the path of liberation lies in the way his guru says. As such, he is not receptive to any other way. If he comes across a true Guru, that Guru would obviously exhort him to give up the wrong notions and prejudices that he might have formed. The
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