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Padapatha.--er Jada, when. Såhû, Sadhu. Tapi Eyattam, concen tration. Bayer Laddhûņaya, attaining siffra Jainkiñchivi, anything whatever. fat Chintanto, meditating. Fairit Virilivaitti, void of conscious effort. a Have, becomes. Tadà, then. at, Tassa, his. Tam, that. Fasa Nichchayam, real. Jhapam, meditation.my: Ahul, is called.
55. When a Sadhu attaining concentration becomes void of conscious effort by melitating on anything whatever, that state is called real meditation.
COMMENTARY. Brahmadeva in his commentary on this verso says that in the primary stage of meditation it is necessary to think of objects other than the ego. e. g., the five Parameshis 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 external possessions and fourteen kinds of internal hindrances belonging to the mind. The external possessions are lands, houses, gold, silver, wealth, rice, inale 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 saino time, he is bereft of delusion, knowledge of the three kinds of sexos, 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.
* "प्राथमिकापेक्षया सविकल्पावस्थायां विषयकषायवञ्चनार्थं चित्तस्थिरी
करणार्थं पञ्चपरमेष्ठपादिपरद्रव्यमपि ध्येयं भवति । पश्चादभ्यासवशेन स्थिरीभूते चित्ते सति शुद्धबुद्धकस्वभावनिजशुद्धात्मस्वरूपमेव ध्येयमित्युक्तं
Hella."
[Brahmadeva's Commentary.
+ “निष्पृहवचनेन पुनर्मिथ्यात्वं वेदत्रयं हास्यादिषट्कक्रोधादिचतुष्टयरूपचतुदशाभ्यन्तरपरिग्रहेण तथैव क्षेत्रवास्तुहिरण्यसुवर्णधनधान्यदासीदासकुप्यभाण्डाभिधानदशविधबहिरङ्गपरिग्रहेण च रहितं ध्यातृस्वरूपमुक्तं भवति ।"
[Brahmadeva's Commentary.]
