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Niyamasāra
नियमसार
sting of deceit – māyā, the sting of desire for enjoyment or pleasure - nidāna, and the sting of perverse attitude or wrong belief - mithyādarśana.1 Not mired by the three stings (salya), the pure soul is without-stings - niḥsalya. Since the pure soul has no impure transformations due to the material-karma (dravyakarma), the psychic-karma (bhāvakarma) and the quasi-karma (nokarma), it is free from all defects - sarvadosavimukta. It has no desire, not even of the supreme state of liberation; it is thus without-desire - niskāma. Not affected by the external objects, auspicious and inauspicious, it is without-anger - niḥkrodha. Engrossed forever in own-nature (svabhāva) of equanimity (sāmya), it is without-pride - nirmāna. Engrossed wholly in the Self, it is without-excitement-nirmada.
1 - Acārya Umāsvāmi's Tattvārthasūtra - With Explanation in English from Acārya Pūjyapāda's Sarvārthasiddhi, sūtra 7-18, p. 281.
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