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CONFLUENCE OF OPPOSITES
339 råga (attachment) and dvesha (aversion) and by the mortification of the flesh, All these points are kept in view in the Jaina Sâmáyika, which, for this reason, is the most excellent form of meditation, I need not dwell upon the subject any longer, but may aptly close it with the recitation of the Sâmdiyka Pátha by saint Amitagati, which is also a very beautiful composition from a liter. ary point of view. An English translation of it was published by Mr. Ajit Prasad Jain for the first time in 1915 and I have departed from it but little..
The Santyika-patha: -- like the sword from its scabसन्वेषु मैत्री गुणिषु प्रमोद,
bard, the self which is fault
less and possessed of in क्लिष्टेषु जीवेषु कृपापरत्वम् । finite power from the body! माध्यस्थभावं विपरीतटत्तौ, दुःखे सुखे वैरिणि बन्धुवमें, सदा ममात्मा विदधातु देव ॥१॥ योगे वियोगे भवने वने वा ।
O Lord [Life] ! make निराकृताशेषममत्वबुद्धेः, myself such that I may always have love for all be
समं मनो मे ऽस्तु सदापि नाथ ॥३॥ ings, pleasure in the com- __May my mind, O Lord! pany of those endowed with be always at equilibrium, excellent qualities, sympa. with the sense of attach. thy for those in pain and ment completely destroyed, tolerance for those perverse- in pleasure and pain, among ly inclined!
friends and foes, in gain
and in loss, at home and शरीरतः कत्तुमनन्तशक्तिं,
abroad! विभिन्नमात्मानमपास्तदोषम् ।
मुनीश ! लीनाविव कीलिताविव, जिनेन्द्र कोषादिव खङ्गयष्टि,
स्थिरी निषाताविव विम्बिताविव । तव प्रसादेन ममास्तु शक्तिः ॥२॥ . : May Thy Grace enable पादों त्वदीयो मम तिष्ठतां सदा. me, O Jinendra! to separate, | तमोधुनानौ हृदि दीपकाविव ॥४॥
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