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Verse 87
लिङ्ग देहाश्रितं दृष्टं देह एवात्मनो भवः । न मुच्यन्ते भवात्तस्मात्ते ये लिङ्गकृताग्रहाः ॥८७॥
अन्वयार्थ - (लिङ) जटा धारण करना अथवा नग्न रहना आदि बाहरी वेष (देहाश्रितं दृष्टं) शरीर के आश्रित देखा जाता है (देह एव) और शरीर ही (आत्मनः) आत्मा का (भवः) संसार यानी बन्धन है (तस्मात् ) इसलिए (ये लिङ्गकृताग्रहाः) जिन्हें लिङ्ग का ही आग्रह है - बाह्य वेष धारण करने से मुक्ति है ऐसा हठ है (ते) वे पुरुष (भवात् ) संसार से (न मुच्यन्ते ) मुक्त नहीं होते हैं।
External symbols (wearing braided hair, remaining naked) are body-dependent. Acquisition of the body is the wandering of the soul in the world. Therefore, those who insist only on external symbols do not attain liberation.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Acārya Amitagati's Yogasāra Prabhrta: शरीरमात्मनो भिन्नं लिङ येन तदात्मकम् । न मुक्तिकारणं लिङ्गं जायते तेन तत्त्वतः ॥ यन्मुक्ति गच्छता त्याज्यं न मुक्तिर्जायते ततः । अन्यथा कारणं कर्म तस्य केन निवर्तते ॥
(५-५९)
(५-६०)
As the body is different from the soul and external symbols are based on the body, these external symbols cannot lead to liberation. Objects that are considered worth giving up by those who know the Reality surely do not help in attaining liberation. If external symbols – themselves product of karmas – are assumed to be leading to liberation, then how can one get rid of karmas?
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