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Šāstram
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Meaning : The monks, who have acquired knowledge see, through the eyes in the form of scriptures, all the modificatory changes taking place in the world high above, down below and the world in front as if they are occurring before their very eyes. (2)[185]
Notes : To the wise and learned, the holy scriptures serve as eyes. They see everything that occurs as if occurring before their very eyes. (2) [186]
शासनात् त्राणशक्तेश्च बुधैः शास्त्रं निरुच्यते । वचनं वीतरागस्य तत्तु नान्यस्य कस्यचित् ॥३॥ ॥१८७॥ śāsanāt trāņaśakteśca
bud haiḥ śāstram nirucyate i vacanam vītarāgasya
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Meaning : On account of its power to do good and its power to protect, the scripture is described by the wise as deriving its meaning. It is the word of the detached which is the scripture and of no one else. (3) [187]
Notes : The letters in the word Ties mean giving beneficial advice and a means to protect. This is the derivative meaning of the word area. Compare :
शासनसामयेन च, संत्राणवलेनानवद्येन । युक्तं यत्तच्छास्त्रं, तच्चैतत् सर्वविद्वचनम् ॥
(प्रशमरति ) '
यस्माद्रागद्वेषोद्धतचित्तान्, समनुशास्ति सद्धर्मे । tarzd a Tierzufafafa Arzà un ll (qafa ) (3) [187]
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