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come." What Maharshi Vyasa has said in the Gita this English philosopher also says. The meaning of both the statements is that a man becomes what he wants to become and what he pursues with interest and concentration. If we have devotion for Vitraga step by step we too will attain that state of vitaragata (a sublime and passionless state). Maharshi Umaswathi has stated in his immortal work Tatvarthadhigama Sutram, the following sutra first :
सम्यग्दर्शनज्ञानचारित्राणि मोक्षमार्गः ।
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
Samyagdarshanajnānacharitrāni mokshamargah.
"Right faith, right knowledge and right conduct constitute the path of salvation."
In other words, right thinking, right knowledge and right action enable us to attain salvation. A hero can attain victory over his enemies but Mahavira (the great spiritual hero) attains victory over internal enemies like pride, anger, delusion and desire. The man who fights against external enemies is a Samsari, a man of the world but the man who fights against internal enemies and destroys them is Arihanta, the slayer of internal enemies. The man who conquers external enemies attains worldly prosperity (the goddess of wealth) but the man who fights against internal enemies like passions and desires attains spiritual wealth (Mokshalakshmi).
If we want to fight against external enemies we can take the help of others but when a man fights against his internal enemies, he has to carry out the fight alone and single-handed. That means a man can attain salvation only by means of his own spiritual and ethical endeavours.
The Mahamantra (the holy hymn of invocation) demands absolute humility on the part of the votary. That is why the word Namaḥ (:) precedes the name of every entity invoked in the Mahamantra, the great hymn.
Namo Arihantaṇam; Namo Siddhaṇam; Namo Ayariyanam; Namo Uvajjhāyaṇam; Namo loye savva sahūnaṁ.
Namo (Namah) means salute.
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