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6. By repenting of one's sins to oneself the soul obtains repentance, and becoming indifferent by repentance he prepares for himself an (ascending) scale of virtues ', by which he destroys the Karman resulting from delusion. (6)
7. By repenting of one's sins before the Guru the soul obtains humiliation ; feeling humiliated, he will leave off all blameable occupations, and apply himself to praiseworthy occupations, whereby a houseless monk will stop infinite disabling developments. (7)
8. By moral and intellectual purity (literally, equilibrium) the soul ceases from sinful occupations. (8)
9. By the adoration of the twenty-four Ginas the soul arrives at purity of faith. (9)
10. By paying reverence (to the Guru) the soul destroys such Karman as leads to birth in low families, and acquires such Karman as leads to birth in noble families; he wins the affection of people, which results in his being looked upon as an authority, and he brings about general goodwill. (10)
11. By expiation of sins he obviates transgressions of the vows; thereby he stops the Asravas, preserves a pure conduct, practises the eight articles 4, does not neglect (the practice of control), and pays great attention to it. (11)
vêyam = strîvêda, napumsaka vê da, as explained by the commentators on XXXII, 1:02.
1 Karanagunasrêdhîm pratipadyatê. It is difficult to render this phrase adequately; the meaning is that by successively destroying moral impurities one arrives at higher and higher virtues.
2 Yôga, i.e. the cause of the production of Karman. 3 Ghâti, compare Bhandarkar, Report, p. 93, note * * See Twenty-fourth Lecture, p. 129 ff.
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