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I am the Soul
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The Prabhu with such a wonderful and dazzling body is the centre of attraction for all. Owing to the wonder of Punya acquired due to the noblest feelings nurtured in previous births and the strong desire to present Dharma to all jivas, the Prabhu attains all the external riddhis.
After all this, it is nothing but the game of Pudgal. Punya is pudgal and the riddhis attained due to it are also pudgal. The Matarthi jiva gets enthralled in this game of the pudgals and mistakes it for the true form of the Veetarag Prabhu. But the inner entity of the Prabhu is something wonderful. The Matarthi does not awaken to that fact. The Atmarthi realises this and hence he recognises the true inner form of the Prabhu and attempts to engross himself in it.
The question that arises here is why is the Prabhu's bodily appearance eulogised time and again? What benefit does it offer? Brothers! The external appearance of man plays a very important role in his life. When we hear the name of some great person, hear the praises sung in appreciation of his virtues, an image of a sublime person is conjured up before our mind's eyes. Along with his greatness, his external splendour too comes to the fore. We believe that such great men who have reached such great heights are bound to be so beautiful and we naturally get attracted. In the same way, the description of the body of the Arihant, his external personality, attracts the common man. Even if men are drawn to him by such attraction, his speech ennobles such jivas. The divine form of Arihant is described keeping these views in mind.
But we do not have to stop there. How extraordinary would be the spirit of such a one whose divine bodily splendour is so wonderful? That spirit itself is responsible for the brilliance of the body. Hence we have to consider his true inner form. How unequalled would be the Veetarag (dispassionate) state of the one who is completely devoid of any attachment or aversion?
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