Samayasara

Author(s): Kundkundacharya, J L Jaini
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown

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तं णिच्छयेण जुज्जदि ण सरीरगुणा हि होति केवलिणो। केवलिगुणो थुणदि जो सो तच्चं केवलि थुणदि ॥ ३४ ॥ तन्निश्चयेन न युज्यते न शरीरगुणा हि भवंति केवलिनः । केवलिगुणान् स्तौति यः स तत्त्वं केवलिनं स्तौति ॥ ३४ ॥
34. That (lauding) is not from the real standpoint : the qualities of the body are not found really in the perfect soul. He, who lauds the attributes of the perfect soul, really lauds the perfect soul.
Commentary. The right-believing worshipper knows perfectly that lauding of the bodies of the great men is only from the practical point of view. From the real point of view, only that lauding which refers to the soul's qualities directly can be called a proper lauding of the Tirthamkaras and Acháryas.
णयम्मि वरिणदे जह ण वि रएणो वएणणा कदा होदि । देहगुणे थुठवते ण केवलिगुणा थुदा होति ॥ ३५ ॥ नगरे वर्णिते यथा नापि राज्ञो वर्णना कृता भवति । देहगुणे स्तूयमाने न केवलिगुणाः स्तुता भवंति ॥ ३५ ॥
35. As admiring the city can never become admiration of the king, (so by) lauding the qualities of the body the attributes of the perfect soul are never lauded.
Commentary. Here the author illustrates his doctrine. As the praise of streets, roads, houses, gardens, etc., of a city is not necessarily the lauding of the qualities of the king of the city, so admiration of the body is not the admiration of Omniscience. True adoration lies in the homage to the soul's own special pure attributes. Examples of this real adoration are given in the following Gathas.
जो इंदिए जिणित्ता णाण सहावाधिअं मुणदि आदं। तं खलु जिदिदियं ते भणंति जे णिच्छिदा साहू ॥३६॥ यो इंद्रियान् जित्त्वा ज्ञानस्वभावाधिकमनुते आत्मानं । तं खलु जितेन्द्रियं ते भनंति ये निश्चिताः साधवः ॥ ३६॥