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Verse 51
इष्टोपदेशमिति सम्यगधीत्य धीमान्, मानापमानसमतां स्वमताद्वितन्य । मुक्ताग्रहो विनिवसन् सजने वने वा, मुक्तिश्रियं निरुपमामुपयाति भव्यः ॥
(51)
Thus, on reading and understanding the essence of this Istopadeśa – The Golden Discourse – the potential aspirant to liberation (bhavya), the city-dweller or the woodsdweller, through self-knowledge, maintaining equanimity in honour and disgrace, obtains the matchless treasure of liberation (mokşa).
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Ācārya Pujyapada concludes this treatise with a mention of its significance; read and assimilated properly it will lead every potential soul that follows the proper rules of conduct to the ultimate goal of liberation.
Mull over, from all angles, the following salient messages derived out of this charming composition, Iştopadeśa:
1. The purity of the soul-nature is attained only through
self-effort, on the destruction of the associated karmic
matter. 2. The karmic matter gets bound with the soul as it gets into
a state of 'weakness', overcome by passions.
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