Golden Steps To Salvation

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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पक्षपातो न मे वीरे
__ न द्वेषः कपिलादिषु । युक्तिमद्वचनं यस्य
तस्य कार्यः परिग्रहः ॥ Pakshapāto na me vīre Na dveshaḥ kapilādishu Yuktimadvachanam yasya
Tasya karyaḥ parigrahah. "I have no partiality for Lord Mahāvira nor do I hate Kapilamaharshi (the exponent of the Sankhya philosophy) and others. He whose utterances are wise and sensible should be esteemed and his works should be accepted. (This is my opinion.)” Partiality for a person blinds us to his faults and to the merits of others. Thus a man who is partial cannot reform himself and cannot also appreciate and emulate the virtues of others. Such a man's life will be futile and wasteful. That is why partiality or attachment is considered to be the cause for all unhappy and adverse events,
सङ्गः एव मतः सूत्रे
fausia p raca Sanghaḥ eva matah Sūtre
Nihsheshānarthamandiram. "The composers of Sūtras consider attachment as the abode of all adversities.”
What kind of prosperity can a man achieve if he is attached to his family? A poet describing such a man has said this -
पुत्रदाराकुटुम्बेषु
सक्ताः सीदन्ति जन्तवः । सरः पङ्कार्णवे मग्नाः
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