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He whose soul is purified by meditating on those reflections is compared to a ship in water ; like a ship reaching the shore he gets beyond misery. (5)
A wise man gets beyond it who knows the sins of this world; sinful acts are got rid of by him who does not undertake any new acts. (6)
He who does not undertake new acts does not acquire Karman, and he verily understands (Karman); understanding it he becomes a Great Hero 1, who is not born (again) and does not die. (7)
A Great Hero, who has no Karman, does not die.—As the wind extinguishes a light, (so he puts down) the lovely women in this world. (8)
Those men whom women do not seduce, value Môksha most; those men are free from bondage and do not desire life. (9)
Turning from worldly life, they reach the goal by pious acts; by their pious acts they are directed (towards Liberation), and they show the way to others. (10)
The preaching of the Law (has different effect) on different creatures; he who is rich in control, is treated with honour ?, but does not care for it; he exerts himself, subdues his senses, is firm, and abstains from sexual intercourse. (11)
(He should not yield to temptations as a pig which) is decoyed by wild rice, being proof against sins, and free from faults. Being free from faults he always
1 Mahâvîra.
? Pûyanâsaê, explained by puganâ-âsvâdaka. I should prefer pûgâ-nâ saka, who abolished the worship of gods, in which case the following word anâsae = an-âsaya might be rendered : he makes no plans.
