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THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE JAINAS.
284. Anger is (deep) like a furrow in stone, or in earth; or (mild like) a line drawn in dust, or water. (They are) respectively the producers of the hellish, sub-human, human and celestial conditions of existence.
Commentary. The four illustrations in the Gatha represent the intensity of the feeling of anger and the more or less lasting impression which it produces. They do not correspond to the 4 sub-classes, errorfeeding etc., of anger because all the four degrees may appear in each one of the 16 classes. These four degrees have been called Very intense, intense, mild, very mild (Tibra-tara, Tíbra, Manda, Mand-tara) from the point of view of the degree of intensity connoted: They are also called maximum, Utkrishta ; non-maximum Anutkrishta ; non-minimum, Ajaghanya ; minimum, Jaghanya.
सेलटिकट्ठवेत्ते णियभेएणणहरंतओ माणो। णारयतिरियणरामरगईसु उप्पायओ कमसो॥ २८५ ॥ शैलास्थिकाष्ठवेत्रान् निजभेदेनानुहरन् मानः। नारकतिर्यग्नरामरगतिषूत्पादकः क्रमशः ।। २८५ ॥
285, Pride is (unbending like) mountain, bone, wood, and cane, illustrating (the distinctions of) its (four) kinds, (very-intense, etc). (They are) respectively, the producers of the hellish, sub human, human and celestial conditions of existenee.
वेणुषमूलोरब्भयसिंगे गोमुत्तए य खोरप्पे। सरिसीमाया णारयतिरियणराभरगईसु खिवदि जियं ॥२८६॥ वेषूपमूलौरनकशृङ्गेण गोमूत्रेण च क्षुरप्रेण । सशी माया नारकतिर्यग्नरामरगतिषु क्षिपति जीवम् ॥२८६॥
286. Deceit (Máyá) is (crooked) like the bamboo root, ram horn, stream of cow water, hoof mark. (It) casts the soul into hellish, sub-human, human and celestial conditions of existence. किमिरायचक्कतणुमलहरिहराएण सारसओ लोहो। णारयतिरिक्खमाणुसदेवेसुप्पायरो कमसो ॥२८७॥
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