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Nicairvrtyanutsekau mārdavalakṣaṇam | Mrdubhāvo mędukarma vā mārdavam, mānanigraho mānavighāta-Ścetyarthah | Tatra mānasyemānyastau sthānāni bhavantil Tadyathā - Jātih kulam rūpam aiśvaryam vijñānam śrutam lābhaḥ vīryam iti || - Tattvärtha Bhāsya, 9.6.
That is, - Humility and absence of pride is mildness. Mildness comprises mild disposition as well as mild actions and means overcoming and destroying pride. The pride manifests itself in eight ways, such as - pride in the caste, pride in the family, pride in the beauty, pride in the wealth, pride in the specialised knowledge, pride in the scriptural knowledge, pride in the gain and pride in the power.
DHARMA IS IN SIMPLICITY Yogasyāvakratā ěrjavan | Yogasya kāya-vanmanolaksanasyāvakratā ārjavamityucyate I - Tattvārthavārtika, 9.6.4.
Vānmanahkāyayogānāmavakratvam tadārjavaṁ |
- Tattvārthasāra, 6-16.
That is, - Absence of crookedness in the activities of the mind, body and speech is called simplicity or straightforwardness
Ajjavam nāma ujjugattaņam ti vā akudilattanam ti vā| Evam ca kuņamāṇassa kammaņijjarā bhavai, akuņa-māṇassa ya kammovacayo bhavai I - Tattvārthasāra, 6-16.
That is, - A straightforward and non-crooked disposition is said to be simplicity, honesty or uprightness. One who adheres to such simplicity sheds the karma and one who does not bonds more karma.
Ujjutābhāvo ajjavaṁ | - Daśavaikālika Cūrņi, p. 18.
That is, – A straightforwardness of disposition is said to be simplicity or rectitude.
Parasminnikstipare’pi māyāparityāgaḥ ārjavam ||
- Daśavaikālika Niryukti Haribhadrīya vrtti, 10-349. That is, – To be non-deceiving even in the face of others' deceit is said to be rectitude.
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