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in the child cannot have the same effect as in the case of an adult individual Such an imitative behaviour may be an amusing play and cannot have any real significance Similarly the performance of tapas and observance of vratas without the necessary background of correct knowledge will be merely imitative behaviour on the part of an ignorant person, hence would not produce the desired goal or ideal In order to expose the futility of imitative behaviour without the background of correct knowledge, the author calls them balatapas and balavratas
वदणियमाणि धरता सीलाणि तहा तव च कुव्वता ।
'परमट्ठबाहिरा जेण तेण ते होति अण्णाणी ॥१५३॥ Vadanıyamanı dharanta sılanı tahā tavam cha kuvvanta Paramatta vahira jena tena te hontı annanı (153)
व्रतनियमान् धारयन्त शीलानि तथा तपश्च कुर्वाणा ।
परमार्थबाह्या येन तेन ते भवन्त्यज्ञानिन । १५३॥ ___153 Those who are outside the presence of paramārtha or Supreme Self even though they observe vows, restraints, and rules of conduct and practice austerities are devoid of right knowledge
COMMENTARY True knowledge is the condition for moksha or Liberation When that is absent, mere external activities such as strict observance of rules of conduct and performance of severe austerities will be of no avail They by themselves cannot lead to Nirvana Absence of true knowledge will certainly lead to karmic bondage
• परमट्ठबाहिरा जे ते अण्णाणेण पुण्णमिच्छति ।
ससारगमणहेदु विमोक्खहेदु अयाणता ।।१५४॥ Paramattavahira je te annanena punnamichchantı Samsaragamana hedum vimokkha hedum ayānantā (154)
परमार्थबाह्या ये ते अज्ञानेन पुण्यमिच्छन्ति ।
ससारगमनहेतु विमोक्षहेतुमजानन्त ॥१५४॥ 154 Those who are outside the presence of paramārtha or Supreme Self, through their ignorance-not knowing that
'णिव्वाण ने ण विदति
