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INT: 63 ] CHAPTER III
[ 179 (61) Those, who are satisfied by being called Sutradhara (well-versed in Sutras ) because they recite Sutras which depend only on one Naya, remain devoid of capability indispensable to learned people. Their knowledge touches only words.
(62) These boasters destroy Versatility of view-points which takes a wholesale review and at the same time impede their spiritual progress.
Those who stick to only one view•point without having studied all the possible stand-points and who are satisfied by being called a Sūtradhara (one who recites a Sūtra) because they have memorized a Sutra which supports what they want to say, never come to possess true, intrinsic worth of a learned man. . Their knowledge. touches only the outer forms of words.
They do not show so much brilliancy as is associated with independent intellect. Thus they become puffed up with what little they have acquired and destroy. Anekāntadşşti by their boastings. 61-62
Important merits for the exposition of a Šāstric lore:--
ण हु सासणभत्तीमत्तएण सिंद्धतजाणो होइ। ण वि जाणो विणियमा पएणवणाणिच्छिो गाम ॥६॥
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