Book Title: Manava Dharma
Author(s): Bhurmal Shastri, Nihalchandra Jain
Publisher: Aacharya 	Gyansagar Vagartha Vimarsha Kendra

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________________ 76 / MANAV DHARMA Explanation : And if there be a cosmic disturbance, violent enough to destroy the three worlds, still no change is observable in the condition of the Perfect Souls, even after the lapse of hundreds of Kalas (Cycles of time) One can think of a cosmic disturbance capable of destroying the three worlds, but it is absoultely unconceivable that there can be any change in the divine attributes of the Perfect ones. fa: ster-Hfêt-4-F iche frauefufarei qua i निष्किटिकालिकाच्छविचामीकरभासुरात्मानः ॥१३४॥ Explanation : They who attain nirvana possess the lustre of pure unalloyed gold, they shine with effulgence which is the crest jewel of the three worlds. The glory of the Siddhatma is unsurpassed in the three worlds. Description : Like gold, when excavated from the mine in its ore form, is mixed up with so many impurities, but when heated, all impurities are removed and it becomes worthy of being moulded in a crown or other ornaments. Gold becomes totally pure. bright and in natural form. The same is the case of the soul in mundane existence. The soul is having bondage of karmas. subtle matter particles or atoms of Karmana-Vargana which are characterised with bonding power with soul. Due to this bondage the feelings of attachment and aversion (राग और द्वैष) are going on developing in this Jivatma soul and that is why this soul has to bear so many births - different bodies in different times. Contrary to this is the case of Ascetics. An Ascetic practises to remove all impurities of life, he abstains himself from all unbalancing mental impurities and adopting the voluntary path of self restraint, gets emancipation and a day comes when he becomes Almighty God who is worshipped by all. In mundane existence, the soul being subdued by attachments and-aversions and worldly passions, fails to make it shine or express the natural attributes of Right Knowledge and the like, in the same manner, as the sun's glimpses are shadowed by clouds. But when the originality is revealed, the soul shines like the rays of the sun (in its originality). Now there can be a doubt, a question? How is it possible that Liberated souls are blissed with knowledge (Gyan) ? Because it

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