Soul Science Part 01

Author(s): Parasmal Agrawal
Publisher: Kundakunda Gyanpith

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Soul Science : Samayasāra by Jain Ācārya Kundakunda
known as three-gems (Ratna-Traya) by the Jains. Ācārya Kundakunda has recognized the importance of these three-gems in the top line of this stanza. In the second line of this stanza, he wants to say that the description of the path of liberation in terms of the three-gems is consistent with the previous stanzas in which the knowing of the soul from the real point of view has been highlighted. To do so, he has stated that from the real point of view, these three-gems are nothing but the soul. We would learn more about the soul and the three-gems in the next two stanzas.
जह णाम को वि पुरिसो रायाणं जाणिऊण सद्दहदि। तोतं अणुचरदि पुणो अत्थत्थीओ पयत्तेण॥17॥ एवं हि जीवराया णादव्वो तह य सद्दहेदव्यो। 3tujufcato gont vita agar HTHOT 111811 Jaha ņāma ko vi puriso rāyāņam jāņiūņa saddahadi. To tam anucaradi puno atthathio payattena. ||17|| Evam hi jīvarāyā ņādavvo taha ya saddahedavvo. Aņucaridavvo ya puno so ceva du mokkhakāmeņa. ||18|| यथा नाम कोऽपि पुरुषो राजानं ज्ञात्वा श्रद्दधाति। ततस्तमनुचरति पुनरार्थिकः प्रयत्नेन ।।17।। एवं हि जीवराजो ज्ञातव्यस्तथैव श्रद्धातव्यः। अनुचरितव्यश्च पुनः स चैव तु मोक्षकामेन।। 18।।
Just as a person desirous of money serves a king by all efforts after knowing and believing in the king, in the same way, one who is desirous of attaining the liberation should make all efforts to know, believe in, and immerse in the soul-king. [17,18]
Annotation
It is well known that a person desirous of wealth serves the king after correctly knowing and believing in the king. In this process, all three aspects – knowing, believing, and serving - are related with the same king.