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Chapter - 4
Samayasāra
(Jaha) Just as (vatthassa sedabhāvo mala-vimelanocchanno ņāsadi) the whiteness of the cloth is destroyed by the pervasion of dirt, (taha pi) in the same way (kassāya-malocchannam carittam hodi ņādavvam) be it known that the right conduct is defiled by the pervasion of [the dirt of) passions.
(So savvaņañadarisi) Though the soul (intrinsically) is omniscient, (niena kammarayena avacchanno) it is polluted/defiled by one's own [dirt of] karmic matter; hence it (samsāra-samāvanno savvam savvado na vijānadi) is unable to know/cognize every mode of every substance.
(Jinavarehi parikahidam) The omniscients have declared that (sammattapadiņibaddham micchattam) the right faith is obstructed by the faith-deluding karma; (tassodayena jīvo micchäditthi tti nadavvo) hence be it known that due to its rise, the soul becomes mithyādrsti (one with deluded world-view) [i.e., fruition of the faith-deluding karina deludes the faith of the soul into perverted faith).
(Jiņavarehi parikahidam) The omniscients have declared that (nānassa padinibaddham annāņam) the Right knowledge is obscured by knowledge deluding karma; (tassodayena jīva annāņi hodi nāduvvo) hence be it known that due to its rise, the soul becomes ajñānī (one devoid of knowledge) (i.e., its fruition deludes the soul into perverted knowledge).
(Jinvarehi parikahidam) The omniscients have declared that (cārittapaļinibaddham kasayam) the right conduct is obstructed by passions; (tassodayeņa jīvo acaritto hodi ņādavvo) hence, be it known that due to its rise, the soul becomes acāritra [one devoid of conduct] [i.e., its fruition forces the soul in perverted conduct]. Annotations :
In these verses, the author describes the path for emancipation. First [in verse no. 4.11] he describes it in short. Right faith/belief, right knowledge and right conduct constitute the path for emancipation/liberation (mokşa). The trio is known as “The Three Jewels”. The faith or belief when qualified as right (samyagdarśana) is a kind of purified state of the consciousness that enables the soul to firmly believe in the truth as depicted in the scriptures by the omniscients. Empirically, knowledge and belief in the true nature
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