Parmatma Prakash

Author(s): Yogindra Acharya
Publisher: Central Jaina Publishing House

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PARMATMA-PRAKASH.
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246. Glory to those brave persons who, having fallen into the Draha (river, tank or lake) of youth, joyfully swim across it; they alone may be said to be living; in this world of Jivas (the universe) they are good men.
NOTE. The meaning is that those persons who though young are not fascinated by sensual pleasures and who having adopted the three jewels, that is, Right Belief, Right Knowledge and Right Conduct, pass through the temptations and trials of youth (which is a dangerous period of life) with cheerfulness. Such persons, the Achârya says, deserve the highest praise.
247. Shri Jinendra Bhagwan left all the pomp and glory of the earthly kings to obtain Moksha (emancipation), but thou who fillest thy stomach by begging makest no effort to obtain Moksha.
248. By wandering about in the Samsâra, thou hast suffered all sorts of terrible pains and miseries; thou shouldst now destroy the eight kinds of Karmas, to obtain the Parmâ-Pada (highest status), that is, Moksha.
249. When thou canst not bear the slightest pain, why dost thou engender Karmas which are the causes of all the suffering of the four Gâtis (kinds of living beings).
NOTE. The meaning is that if you wish not to suffer even the slightest pain, you should cease to entertain Râga and Dvesha which create the bondage of Karmas.
250. The foolish Jiva by becoming entangled in the turmoils of Samsâra, only tightens the bonds of Karmas, but does not meditate on his pure self, the immediate cause of Moksha, even for a moment.
251. He who does not understand his own pure self, continues, while overpowered by pains and miseries, to pass through the succession of births and deaths; he whose mind has not been illumined by Jñana (knowledge) remains bound with attachment for wife and children, that is, he cannot know his Âtma.
252. O Soul! Do not regard thy house, family, relations, body, or friends as thy own; they are merely the product of thy Karmas; Saints having Shastras (scriptures) for their eyes have perceived them thus.
253. O Soul! By thinking of thy house, relations, and the like, thou canst not get Moksha; therefore apply thy mind to Tapa (asceticism), so that thou mayst obtain Moksha.