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Jñănasāra
Meaning: A monk has all the opulence of Indra in the sense that he has Nandana garden in the form of trance, thunderbolt in the form of fortitude, sacī (his wife ) in the form of equanimity and a great aeriel car in the form of knowledge. (2) [154]
Notes : In what is a monk lacking ? In nothing is the answer. He is superior to Indra, the Lord of gods even and surely more than that, too. He has all the paraphernalia a rolling at his feet, the only difference being that what he has by way of possessions is simply spiritual and not at all material, remember. (2) [154]
विस्तारितक्रियाज्ञानचर्मच्छत्रो निवारयन् । मोहम्लेच्छ महावृष्टि चक्रवर्ती न किं मुनिः ॥३॥ ॥१५५॥ vistāritakriyājñāna
carmacchatro nivārayani mohamleccbamahāvrstim
cakravrti na kim muniḥ 11311 1115511 Meaning : Is the mork not a sovereign monarch as he wards off torrential rain showered by the Mlecchas in the form of infatuation through the excellent shield and umbrella in the form of innocent activity and knowledge evolved ? (3) [155]
Notes : Sovereign monarch has an umbrella, which is material and it can ward off rain that is material. But what about that umbrella which the monk uses to keep Infatuation at a distance ? The answer is, yes; he has that but the form is different. It is the umbrella of guileless activity and unsullied knowledge. (3)[155]
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