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प्रवचनसार
सामान्यार्थ - [आगमहीनः श्रमणः ] सिद्धान्तकर रहित मुनि [आत्मानं ] आत्मा को - नोकर्म, द्रव्यकर्म, भावकर्म से रहित शुद्ध जीवद्रव्य को - और [ परं] पर को - PRIIG-gom 791 410 06. Af oat - [Fa] faralelo he [fagra ] जानता है और [ अर्थान् ] जीव-अजीवादि पदार्थों को [ अविजानन् ] नहीं जानता 631 [727&T: ] [ auffür ] Gam-94101469 1948 out at [off ] Dia [ gefa ] #11 of Hahalla?
Certainly, the ascetic (muni, śramaņa) who is rid of the knowledge of the Doctrine knows neither the own soul (ātmā) nor the other substances. Not knowing the objects-ofknowledge, how can he attain the destruction of karmas?
Explanatory Note: The ascetic, who lacks knowledge of the Doctrine and does not engage himself in the study of the Scripture, knows not the nature of the soul substance and the non-soul substances. The nature of the pure-soul, rid of all volition, is beyond his comprehension. The worldly souls are sullied by delusion (moha), the cause of strengthening the cycle of births. Such souls lack the power of discrimination that only the Doctrine of Lord Jina provides. As an inebriated man fails to discriminate between the worthy and the non-worthy tasks, the ignorant ascetic fails to discriminate between the soul and the non-soul substances. He mistakes soul for his body (śarīra) and for his dispositions of attachment (rāga), aversion (dveșa) and delusion (moha). Without the ability to discriminate between the self and the non-self - svaparaviveka or bhedavijñāna - he cannot acquire knowledge of the pure-soul (paramātmā). He does not know that all objects of the three worlds and the three times, in all their modes, reflect simultaneously in the knowledge of the pure-soul (paramātmā). Without the discriminatory knowledge of the puresoul (paramātmā), he knows not the pure-soul (paramātmā). He mistakes the soul for the material-karmas (dravyakarma), the
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