Manava Dharma

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

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MANAV DHARMA / 63 is known as the tradition of logic. Justice is another name given to reasoning and these two processes of traditional logic and science of reasoning are both the parts of Dravyaanayoga, which help us in understanding all the objects clearly. This understanding develops a sense of self-reliance and judicious knowledge in the JIVATMA (Living being) and the power of self reliance and self discretion are the best of qualities or the best characteristics of a human being and other attributes are behind these two characteristics. To make this inference more clear, we put an example of a dog and a lion. A dog is always faith ful and possesses many other qualities. It feels obliged to its owner. While a lion is a fearful animal, not at all obligatory and kind even to its owner. He is always ready to attack on a man. Now think if we call a man "a dog", he will be annoyed and if he is designated as a lion, he feels highly pleased and proud. Why is it so ? A lion has the quality of self reliance and judicious knowledge while these are lacking in a dog. A lion arranges his own food whenever any one fires on him, he without caring of the bullet, directly attacks the man who is firing at him Because he judiciously believes that fault lies with bullet-firer and not with the bullet it self. But such discretionary power is lacking in a dorg. If any one attacks him with alathi (Stick), then he rushes away towards the stick and not towards the attacker. And that is why, due to lack of discretionary power and power of self reliance the dog is a low animal in the eyes of the worldly people. As the lion is free from these two demerits, and possesses the two main attributes, he is considered as a good and powerful animal in the eyes of the worldly people.
Note: Here finishes the first long chapter of Manav-Dharma Written by Vanibhushaa Brahmachari Pt. Bhura mal (Now known as Acharya Gyan Sagar ji Maharaj.)