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A Tirthankara is well above any worldly wealth or position, any merit or any symbol of wealth,
status or prestige. One can become a Tirthankara only on the strength of samyaktva. And samyaktva is the cause of joy, wealth and fame in the lives of humans as well as celestial beings.
This is corroborated by other texts as well:
"Ojastejo vidyaaviiryayashovriddhi vijayavibhavasanaathaah. Maahaakulaa mahaarthaa maanavatilakaa bhavanti darshanapuutaah.” - Ratnakarandaka shraavakaachaara, Verse 1.36 (Page 76, Author: Aachaarya Samantabhadra Publisher: Muni Sangh Swaagat Samiti {Sagar), Madhya Pradesh, year 1986, 2nd edition)
Those who have become pure through samyaktva are endowed with vitality, a bright appearance, knowledge, valour, increase in fame, joy, victory, grandeur and are protected. They come from a noble family, possess a great deal of wealth and are an ornament to all of humanity.
"Amutrasaara samyaktva jaat punyaphalaad dhruvam manujatve cha jaayante khagaadinripasevitam”
Prashnottarashraavakaachaara, verse 11.76
Samyagdharshana; (Page 211, Author: Ashokmuni, Publisher: Diwaakarjyoti Karyaalaya, Byaawar (Rajasthan), year 1981)
Samyaktva is the essence of the next world. It is caused by constant merits. The human who attains it (samyaktva) shall be worshipped by everyone, be it birds or kings.
“Sayagdarshanashuddhaa naarakatiryangnapumsakastriitvaani dushkula vikritaalpaayurdaridrataancha vrajanti na’apyavratikaa” - Ratnakarandakashraavakaachaara, Verse 1.35 (Page 74, Author: Aachaarya Samantabhadra Publisher: Muni Sangh Swaagat Samiti {Sagar), Madhya Pradesh, year 1986, 2nd edition)
Despite not following the vows, those who are purified by samyaktva are not reborn as inhabitants of hell, as animals, hermaphrodites or women. They are not born into a low family, or as cripples. They are not poor or short-lived.
Samyaktva is a divine perspective that enables one to distinguish between truth and falsehood, beneficial and harmful. From the spiritual point of view, if an animal has samyaktva, it is like a demigod. And in the absence of samyaktva, a demigod is like an animal.
This has been explained in the periodical 'Antarnaad' as follows:
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