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श्रीमदमृतचन्द्र विरचितः
Since the knower is drawn by external objects (i.e. the things known), the soul should take itself as its object. And since, when the soul becomes its own object, it will not be drawn by (external) objects, it (thus) becomes (purely) the knower, and there is no external) thing (internalized and) known. (20) (345)
दृशिबोधसुनिश्चलवृत्तिमयो भवबीजहरस्तव शक्तिभरः । न विविक्तमतिः क्रियया रमते क्रिययोपरमत्यपथादथ च ॥२१॥
drsibodhasuniścalavrttimayo
bhavabijaharas tava saktibharah/ na viviktamati” kriyayā ramate
kriyayoparamaty apathăd atha ca|21||
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A person whose mind is endowed with discrimination (between self and other knows the supreme importance of self-realization to the attainment of salvation, and thus) does not take delight in (externally oriente actions, (even those like asceticism, which are conducive to salvation), but he does employ such actions to prevent involvement with that which is not conducive to salvation'. (21) [346)
क्रिययेरितपुद्गलकर्ममलश्चितिपाकमकम्पमुपैति पुमान् । परिपक्वचितस्त्वपुनर्भवता भवबीजहठोद्धरणानियतम् ॥२२।।
kriyayeritapudgalak armamalas
citipākam akampam upaiti pumān paripak vacitas tv apunarbhavatā
bhavabijahashoddharaṇān niyatam||22||
The soul, having removed all the dirt of karmas through pure conduct, attains to the immovable fruition of consciousness. (i.e. When the mohaniya karmas are totally destroyed, there is also the destruction of those karmas which obscure the qualities of knowledge and intuition; hence, omniscience follows immediately upon the removal of mohaniya.) And for one whose consciousness has fully ripened (ie. one who has attained omniscience), there is definitely no rebirth, for he has forcefully uprooted the seed of transmigration, and thus mokṣa must occur at the end of that very life). (22) [347]
1. From the non-conventional point of view, true conduct consists in totally refraining
from all acts, since performing an act is always a cause of bondage; that is, even good acts lead to states which, though wholesome, are still mundane.
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