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example of that knowledge. Similar is the purpose of other descriptions.
Here the meaning of example is that he found similar happenings in the life of some Jiva which corroborated his knowledge about such Jiva; so, this became an evidence for such knowledge.
For example, a warrior gets highly encouraged in valour by listening to such stories of mythological personages in which the praise of warriors and censure of coward persons is found. Similarly, a religious person gets highly encouraged in religious practices by listening to such stories of mythological personages in which the praise of religious persons and censure of the wicked persons is found.
Thus, one should know the purpose of this Prathamaanuyoga.
The Purpose of Karananuyoga In Karanaanuyoga the Jivas are actuated to follow the religion through descriptions of the details of Jivas as well as of karmas and structure of the universe, etc. The Jivas who wish to engage their Upayoga (active knowledge) in religion, they get engaged in religion and become detached from vices by knowing and identifying the details of the Jivas' Gunasthanas (spiritual stages), Marganas (quest places) etc. and the details of the various kinds of karmas, their causes-conditions and fruits in different Jivas and hellish-heavenly abodes in the universe (three worlds). And if the Upayoga gets engrossed in such thoughts then at once automatically religion (serenity) gets evolved and vicious tendency ends. By its practice even the attainment of Tattva-jnana (true knowledge & belief of the Tattvas) takes place soon. And he becomes a true believer of Jina's religion by knowing its glory that such minute and true description is found in Jina's religion only and nowhere else it is found.
And to such Jivas who study this Karanaanuyoga after attaining true knowledge of Tattvas, this appears to be the adjectival form of that (Tattva-jnāna). The details and specialities of these Jiva etc. Tattvas are found in Karanaanuyoga about which he has learnt. There many details are described in their true (Nishchaya) form and many other details in conventional (Vyavahara) form being attrib
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