Dravya Sangraha

Author(s): Nemichandramuni
Publisher: Chandraprabha Digambar Jain Mandir Trust

Page 88

The Sacred Book of the Jains 81 ज किंचिवि चिततो रिणरीहवित्ती हवे जदा साहू ।
लक्ष्णय एयत्तं तदाहु त तस्स णिच्चयं झारणं ॥५५॥ Jam kinehivi chintanto nirihavitti have jada sahu, Laddhunaya eyattam tadahu tam tassa nichchayam
jhanam.-(55) Padapatha-5771 Jada, when. 16 Sahu, Sadhu. 48 Eyattam, concentration. Au Laddhunaya, attaining. ifafa Jamkinchivi, anything whatever. Facit Chintanto, meditating. Furterereft Nirihavitti, void of conscious effort. Have, becomes. 971 Tada, then. T Tassa, his. Tam, that. fr Nichchayam, real. TU Jhanam, meditation. Se Ahu, is called.
55. When a Sadhu attaining concentration becomes void of conscious effort by meditating on anything whatever, that state is called real meditation.
COMMENTARY
Brahmadeva in his commentary on this verse says that in the primary stage of meditation it is necessary to think of objects other than the ego, e. 8. the five Paramesthis etc. to steady the mind. When the mind becomes steady by constant practice, as aforesaid, we can arrive at the second stage, where we meditate on the soul itself. This is real meditation. In this stage, one is void of the ten kinds of extetnal possessions and fourteen kinds of internal hindrances belonging to the mind. The external possessions are lands, houses, gold, silver, wealth, rice, male and female servants, metals other than gold and silver and utensils. A person immersed in meditation does not at all care about the attainment of all or any of these worldly possessions. At the same time, he is berett of delusion, knowledge of the three kinds of sexes, laughter, attachment, aversion, sorrow, fear, hatred, anger, pride, illusion and greed. These cause the loss of equilibrium of the mind. A person being void of these can concentrate his mind upon anything, and thus attain excellent meditation.
मा चिट्ठह मा जंपह मा चितह किंवि जेण होइ थिरो। अप्पा अप्पम्मि रो इण मेव परं हवे ज्झाणं ॥ ५६ ॥ Ma chitthaha ma jampaha ma chintaha kimvi
jena hoi thiro, Appa appammi rao inameva param have
jjhanam.-(56)