________________ Verse 136 3 Teletef - [ 3efheGhren ufcha: ] Bea-F46-Hyatt & ufa भक्ति, [धर्मे या च खलु चेष्टा] धर्म में यथार्थतया चेष्टा [ अपि गुरूणाम् अनुगमनम् ] और गुरुओं का अनुगमन, [प्रशस्तरागः इति ब्रुवन्ति ] वह YRA TI' DESIGN Commendable-attachment (prasasta-raga) entails: 1) devotion (bhakti) towards the 'Arhat (Supreme Lords Jina), the "Siddha' (the liberated souls), and the "Sadhu' activities, and 3) following the 'Masters' (guru). EXPLANATORY NOTE Three characteristics that comprise commendable-attachment - (prasasta-raga) - are mentioned. 1) Devotion (bhakti) towards the 'Arhat' (Supreme Lords Jina), the "Siddha' (the liberated souls), and the Sadhu' (the ascetics). 2) Involvement, with dedication, in pious activities - keen enthusiasm for auspicious activities that are part of the 'dharma'. 3) Following the 'Masters' (guru) - to have great devotion for the chief-preceptors (acarya), the preceptors (upadhyaya) and the ascetics (muni, sramana). By and large, commendable-attachment (prasasta-raga) is based on devotion (bhakti). It occurs to those who are in the initial stages of spiritual development and with wrong-knowledge - ajnani. Even those who are in advanced stages of spiritual development and with right-knowledge-jnani-occasionally, take recourse to commendableattachment (prasasta-raga) in order to vanquish inauspicious attachment (asubha raga) for sensual-pleasures (visaya) or passions (kasaya). . . . . . . . . . . 253
