Moksha Marg Prakashak

Author(s): Todarmal Pandit
Publisher: Kundkund Kahan Digambar Jain Trust

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should be inferred about the persons indulging in learnig, teaching activities, etc.
Thus the characteristics of discoursers and listeners of the Shastras have been described. Hence, the right Shastra, should be read and listened to by becoming a right discourser and a right listener.
Meaningfulness of Moksha Marg Prakashak
Shastra Now, starts the composition of the Shastra, named Moksha Marg Prakashak. Its meaningfulness is being discussed.
In this world-forest all Jivas (mundane beings) are suffering from different kinds of miseries caused due to karmic bondage and darkness of delusion is pervading every-where because of which the Jivas are not able to find the path of liberation, rather continue suffering from the miseries tormentedly.
As an instrumental cause ofbenefaction of all such Jivas dawned the sun in the form of Tirthankar Kewali Bhagawan (omniscientLord) and through the rays of his Divya-Dhwani (divine speech) the path of liberation got illuminated. As the sun has no intention to illuminate the path but automatically its rays are spread out and the path gets illuminated. Similarly, the Kewali (Omniscient Lord) is devoid of attachment, so He has no intention to show the path of liberation, but automatically due to rise of Aghati-Karmas (non-obscuring karmas) the matter particles of his body turn into Divya-Dhwani (divine speech) through which the path of liberation is illuminated.
Further, the Ganadhara Devas thought that after the setting of the omniscient-sun how could Jivas obtain the liberation-path (Moksh& Marg) and without treading or liberation-path, the Jivas will continue suffering from miseries; this compassionate feeling encouraged them to compose the Shastras in the forms of AngaPrakeernaka etc. These served as great lamps which spread the light.
Further, as the tradition of lamps continues by lighting the lamp from the (other) lamp, similarly some Acharyas. (chief saints) com
posed other Shastras from those Shastras. Thus through the cre