Rajgeeta English Translation and Comentry on Atmasiddhi Shastra

Author(s): Shrimad Rajchandra, Manu Doshi
Publisher: Shrimad Rajchandra Mission

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Räjgeetä
હિણિ હોઈ ] [ી લાઈJ Tી નિખિી !િ!ી હતી અને ત્યાં ફરીથી નાણા
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Upadänamun Nam Lai, E Je Taje Nimitta; Pame Nahi Siddhatwane, Rahe Bhräntiman Sthit
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One, who forsakes the instrumental factors in the name of absolute causation, would stay deluded and cannot attain the liberated state. (136)
Explanation & Discussion: This stanza is also very significant as it presents the theory of causation in right perspective. Every thing occurs by virtue of several factors, which are termed as causes. All such factors can be classified in two categories of Upädän and Nimitta. Upädän is the absolute cause. It relates to the matter or the substance, which undergoes change and is therefore the cause of its own changing states. For instance, earth is the basic requirement for making an earthen pot; the pot cannot be made without the earth. If one tries to make it from sand or water, he cannot do it. This is because earth has the potential to be turned into a pot, while sand or water does not. Earth is therefore termed as Upädän or the absolute cause of the pot. The instrumental cause is termed as Nimitta, which has been explained above.
Thus the potential of something to turn into some other form or state is called its Upädän. The soul, because of its potential to attain the liberated state, is the Upädän for the state of liberation. Lifeless objects do not have that potential and do not therefore become Upädän for that purpose. Thus the potential to do something or to turn into some form is the essential aspect of Upädän.
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