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COMMENTARY It is the law of the State that the criminal should be detected and punished Hence the criminal who commits theft always moves in society with a guilty conscience and ultimately he may get arrested, punished and imprisoned. Whereas a peison who lives in society honourably without coveting others' property always moves about freely without fear of being arrested The same analogy hulds good in the case of Self The Suli which commits the mistake of claiming alien characteristics as his own is bound to face the consequences thereof—that is, karmic bondage Whereas the Self that disowns all such impure states as alten has thi privilege uf remaining free from bondage Next the author explains the term aparadha or guilt
ससिद्धिराधसिद्ध साधियमाराधिय च एयट्ठ ।
अवगयराधो जो खल चेया सो होइ अवराहो ॥३०४॥ Samsıddhırādhasiddham sadhiya mārādhiyam cha eyattham Avagayarādho jo kalu cheyā so hoyi avarāho (304)
ससिद्धिराधसिद्ध साधितमाराधित चैकार्थम् ।
अपगतराधो य खल चेतयिता स भवत्यपराध ॥३०४॥ 304 Samsiddhi (attainment), radha (devotion to Self) sidbi (fulfilment), sadhitam (achievement), äradhitam (adoration), are synonymous When the soul is devoid of devotion to Pure Self, then he is certainly guilty
जो पुण णिरवराहो चेया णिस्सकिओ उ सो होइ।
आराहणाए णिच्च वट्टइ अहमिदि जाणतो ॥३०५॥ Jo puna nifavaraho cheyā nissankıyo vu so hoyi Arānāye nichcham vattheyı ahamıdı jānanto ___ (30)
य पुनर्निरपराधश्चेतयिता निश्श कितस्तु स भवति ।
आराधनया नित्य वर्तते अमिति जानन् ॥३०५॥ 305 When the soul is free from guilt, he is also free from fear Thus realising the cgo, he is ever engaged in adoration ___of the Self .
How is the pure spotless state of Self to be realised? Is it by concentrated adoration of the Pure Self or by the practice of
