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देवदजदिगुरुपूजासु चेव दाणम्मि व सुसीलेसु । उववासादिसु रत्तो सुहोवओगप्पगो अप्पा ||1-69 ॥
देवतायतिगुरुपूजासु चैव दाने वा सुशीलेषु । उपवासादिषु रक्तः शुभोपयोगात्मक आत्मा ॥1-69॥
प्रवचनसार
सामान्यार्थ - जो [ देवतायतिगुरुपूजासु ] देव, यति तथा गुरु की पूजा में [ च ] और [ दाने ] दान में [वा ] अथवा [ सुशीलेषु ] गुणव्रत, महाव्रत आदि उत्तम शीलों (स्वभावों) में [ उपवासादिषु ] आहार आदि के त्यागों में [ एव ] निश्चय से [ रक्तः ] लवलीन है [ ‘स' आत्मा ] वह आत्मा [ शुभापयोगात्मकः ] शुभोपयोगी अर्थात् शुभ-परिणाम वाला है।
The soul that performs the worship of these three - the stainless and all-knowing pure-soul (sarvajña-deva), the ascetic (yati), and the preceptor (guru), offers gifts (dāna), observes the major as well as the supplementary vows (vrata), and follows austerities (tapa) like fasting ( upavāsa), is certainly engaged in auspicious-cognition (śubhopayoga).
Explanatory Note: The souls engaged in auspicious-cognition (subhopayoga) tread the path of righteousness (dharma). Auspicious-cognition (subhopayoga) provides to the souls worldly happiness and glory. Since the path leading to pure-cognition (suddhopayoga) necessarily passes through auspicious-cognition (subhopayoga), there is the necessity of first engaging in auspicious-cognition (śubhopayoga).
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