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CANTO II
Stanza-1- TIITÄ – having resplendent and darkish complexion. feate a aa a ff19T1AR I TYS: - of the lord of the cobras ( hooded-sríakes ). 807 aglà: – owning to ( your ) possesing the lustre like that of the neck ( of the lord of cobras ). कठस्य कन्धरायाः छविः इव च्छविः कान्तिः यस्य सः । नागराणां गणः - by the crowds of citizens. नागरः = a citizen. शतमखपुरी- the city of Indra. शतHAFA TanTargeo gti 37979jafizat gria i Tarrat - putting to shame. alat: – wishing to see. Hrsgihang aroget: - Sambarasura means to say that when tho sage, assuming the form of the cloud, would be roaming about over the city, the citizens would be looking at him with great respect and the sage wonld be having a look at the beauty and prosperity of the city and so he asks the sage not to stay at one place but to roam over the beautiful city which surpasses the city of Indra in beauty and prosperity. This also is one of the means adopted by the demon to distract the mind of the Sage, who is deeply absorbed in ineditating upon the pure nature of the soul.
Stanza-2 ganig: - wishing to attain. This is a Desiderative form derived from सम् + चि under the rule 'सन्भिक्षाशंसादुः'. The Nirnayasagar edition reads Aiga: which , being ungrammtical, is not accepted by me. Hiziat - of the enemies in the form of Karmans. The Kurmans are troated as enemies of the soul as the nature of the soul is perverted owing to its being in conjunction with them incessantly from time immemorial and baving no beginning. Though the Karmans do not deprive the sonl of its pure inherent property (knowledge ), yet they pervert it by their being coexistent with it. The Genitive case implies निधारण (soperating one out of many ). मोहशत्रोः - of the enomy in the form of मोह. मोहकर्म is one of the eight Karmans and causes the soul to err and embarrasses it. Tert: - of Him who destroys. Hero Fagga does not imply complete destruction. It implies the deprivation of the property of the Karman. The Jain school of thought
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