Shrutsagar 2017 03 Volume 10

Author(s): Hiren K Doshi
Publisher: Acharya Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir Koba

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Beyond Doubt
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Acharya Padmasagarsuri Mandita then asked the Lord to resolve his doubt and enlighten him on the subject. The Lord then said, “Oh Mandita, you have not made a note of the words “Viguna” and “Vibhu' in the vedic verse. Viguna is one who does not have any deceptive gunas and is at the same time endowed with remarkable qualities and is also ‘TRIGUNATIT'' i.e. beyond the three qualities viz. Satva?, Rajas?. and Tamas4. This verse establishes the greatness of the perfect Siddhas, because they only are “Vibhu's; as they have gained Kevala Jnana. They do not get bound by karma and hence they have liberated themselves from the cycle of birth and death. They also do not shower any favours on anyone and make them perfect. They preach the path to Moksha and the living beings tread on the path and become free as they have become.
But the souls embodied with karma i.e. the worldly souls, owing to their meritorious and evil deeds take birth in this world and when they free themselves from karma get salvation. Hence it is said that both bondage and salvation exist and if these were not to exist all the holy scriptures, ethical codes of living and pious activities will bear no significance. Pleasure and pain that are the resultant experience of punya and papa will become untrue if bondage and Moksha were denied. Since time immemorial the relation of the soul and the karmic bondage is like the relation of the seed and the sprout. The atman gets a body according to his karma and when he gets a body, by attachment and aversion he builds up a karmic body.
This is a never ending process until one pierces this circle, with right faith, right knowledge and right conduct. A spider weaves a web around itself and gets caught in it, in the same way the jivatman
1 Trigunatit- beyond stava, rajas & tamas 2 Satava- sublime qualities 3 Rajas- qualities for enjoyment & pleasure 4 Tamas- evil qualities 5 Vibhu- God 6 Kevala Jnana- Omniscience