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शुद्धोपयोग अधिकार
12 - THE PURE-COGNITION परमात्मतत्त्व का स्वरूप - The nature of the perfect-soul-substance -
अव्वाबाहमणिंदियमणोवमं पुण्णपावणिम्मुक्कं । पुणरागमणविरहियं णिच्चं अचलं अणालंबं ॥१७८॥
वह परमात्मतत्त्व अव्याबाध है, अतीन्द्रिय है, अनुपम है, पुण्य-पाप से निर्मुक्त है, पुनरागमन से रहित है, नित्य, अचल और अनालम्ब - पर के आलम्बन से रहित - है।
The perfect-soul-substance - the cause-soul (paramātmatattva, karana paramātmā) - is free from obstruction - avyābādha, sense-independent - atindriya, unparalleled (anupama), rid of merit (punya) and demerit (pāpa), free from rebirth (punarāgamana), eternal (nitya), non-transient (acala), and independent (anālamba).
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The perfect-soul-substance - paramātmatattva - stays in the secure fort of natural-knowledge and, therefore, not visible or accessible to the evil karma-army of the enemy; it is, thus, free from obstruction - avyābādha. Happiness engulfs it through and through in all its spacepoints, leaving no role for the senses. It is, therefore senseindependent - atindriya. The perfect-soul-substance - paramātmatattva - is unparalleled (anupama), being superior to the other two kinds of souls, the extroverted-soul – bahirātmatattva and the introverted-soul-antarātmatattva. Being insulated from the worldly pleasure and misery, it is rid of merit (punya) and demerit (pāpa). Rid of delusion (moha), attachment (rāga) and aversion (dvesa), it is free from rebirth (punarāgamana). It is eternal (nitya) since it does not
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