________________ Verse 159 EXPLANATORY NOTE The advanced-ascetic (yogi) is rid of the desire for the objects of the senses, and renounces infatuation toward all external objects; he does not have the dispositions of ownership (apanatva), acquisition (upadeyabuddhi), dependence (alambanabuddhi) and aspiration (dhyeyabuddhi) toward external objects. Earlier, he used to think that he is the knower (jnata) and the seer (dysta), but now he has renounced all inquisitiveness and has become one with the soul (atma) whose nature is infinite-knowledge and bliss. Such a 'yogi' observes conduct (caritra)-called 'svacaritra'-that is rid-of-attachment (vitaraga) and ever-blissful; he does not differentiate between life and death, gain and loss, happiness and misery, praise and censure, etc. Acarya Kundakunda's Pravacanasara: समसत्तुबंधुवग्गो समसुहदुक्खो पसंसणिंदसमो। समलोठुकंचणो पुण जीविदमरणे समो समणो // 3-41 // समता भाव में लीन महामुनि है वह शत्रु तथा कुटुम्ब के लोग इनमें समान भाव वाला है, सुख और दुःख उसके लिये समान हैं, बड़ाई और। निन्दा-दोषकथन इन दोनों में समान है, लोहा और सोना उसके लिये समान हैं और प्राणधारण और प्राणत्याग - ये दोनों भी समान हैं। For the worthy ascetic (muni, sramana), enemy and kinsfolk, happiness and misery, praise and censure, iron and gold, and life and death, are alike [he maintains equanimity (samyabhava)]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
