Manava Dharma

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

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26/MANAV DHARMA
tanks and lakes became full of water and it was only because of powerful feeling of benevolence in the heart of Lord Ram Chandra.
The author now believes that the readers would have understood very elearly that feeling of Selfishness is the root cause of all evils. But many of the selfish people always try to support their path of selfishness by putting up a lot of arguments and that too, based on their selfish nature and the simple and innocent people are deceived by such selfish people.
यावज्जीवं सुख जीवेदृण कृत्वा घृतं पिवेत् । भस्मी भूतस्य देहस्य पुनरागमनं कुतः 11
The meaning to say is that eat, drink and be marry and this is not a wise understanding to indulge in restraining and fasting activities. Who has gone to see the Hell or Heaven? But those who are of such opinion should also think that inherent of healthy parents, one is healthy and the other is unhealthy since birth. One man may assume poverty even after constant hard labour and the other may become rich luckily with out any hard work. If one goes, he is misbehaved and disrespected by all every where and when the other goes, he is welcomed by all? Why is it so ?
There must be some reason behind it. We find ghosts invariably establishing their relations with us on the basis of previous births, but we should not be beguiled by their misleading arguments like some innocent and simple-minded people. But that man will oppose strongly such arguments who has a clear conception and power of thinking. He will not blindly support them and their ways of actions. He himself will decide what is wrong and what is right? After proving the utility of Right path, like his own self, he will encourage others to follow that virtuous path, so that every man may become happy, while following the path of welfare, No doubt it is highly difficult to leave the evil path and march on the path of self welfare, which is good for all beings. Even then, while adopting and following this virtuous path, if any one goes astray from this path, then what is the duty of an Intellectual at this stage, is described in the following verse :
स्वयं शुद्धस्य मार्गस्य बालाशक्त-जना - श्रयां । वाच्यतां यत्प्रमार्जन्ति तद् - वदन्त्युपगूहनं
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Explanation :
To remove the ridicule raised by ignorant and incompetent men on the naturally pure path of Jainism is the fifth anga of the Right faith and is known as UPAGUHANA ANGA (उपगूहन अंग )