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CHAPTER VII यो भवति असंमूढं चेतयिता सदृष्टि सर्वभावेषु ।
स खलु अमूढदृष्टिः सम्यग्दृष्टिमन्तव्यः ॥२३२॥ 232. He who is completely devoid of delusian as to the nature of things is certainly understood to be the non-deluded right-believer.
COMMENTARY In this case also freedom from delusion as to the nature of things prevents the appearance of karmas arising from delusion. Hence the right believer has only nirjarā to achieve.
Next the author describes upagūhana or the charitable concealment of defects in others.
जो सिद्धभत्तिजुत्तो उवगृहणगो दु सव्वधम्माणं ।
सो उवगृहणकारी सम्मादिट्ठी मुणेयव्वो ॥२३३॥ jo siddhabhattijutto uvagūhaņago du savvadhammānań so uvagūhaņakārī sammādițțhi muñeyavvo · (233)
यः सिद्धभक्तियुक्तः उपगूहनकस्तु सर्वधर्माणम् ।
स उपगृहनकारी सम्यग्दृष्टिमन्तव्यः ॥२३३॥ 233. He who is filled with devotion to Siddha and who forbears in every way all kinds of defects in others is considered to be the right-believer endowed with the quality of forbearance.
COMMENTARY
The important word in this gātha is upagahana which means the attitude of forbearance and charity through which the defects of helpless persons such as children and invalids are overlooked and concealed. This is the usual meaning given by the various Jaina writers for that word upagahana. That is also the definition given by Samantabhadra in his Ratnakarandką. Srāvakācāra (I.I 5) where he explains the constituent element of upagūhana. Prabhāchandra's commentary on the same verse maintains the same point of view. "Children because of ignorance, and invalids because of their incapacity, may go wrong in their course of conduct prescribed for them by the religion. When they commit mistakes in that way these defects
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