Book Title: Soul Science Part 02
Author(s): Parasmal Agrawal
Publisher: Kundakunda Gyanpith

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________________ 76 Soul Science : Samayasara by Jain Acarya Kundakunda ufa HT Fifa 37041421 g Hool Tett fa 1120111 अप्पाणमयाणंतो अणप्पयं चावि सो अयाणंतो। che alla fagt starta 3PM 120211 Paramāņumittayam pi hu rāgādīņam tu vijjade jassa. Na vi so jāņadi appāņayam tu savvāgamadharo vi. ||201||| Appānamayānanto anappayam cāvi so ayānanto. Kaha hodi sammaditthū jīvājīve ayāṇanto. ||202|| परमाणुमात्रमपि खलु रागादीनां तु विद्यते यस्य । HIGH GHICIE THAT IS 1120111 आत्मानमजानन् अनात्मानं चापि सोऽजानन् । Fiej wafa Hepçesitaisaiagh 120211 If in one's [belief] an iota of inclination for attachment-etc. exists, then he does not know the soul even if he might have read all scriptures. [201] If he does not know the soul then [it implies that] he does not know non-souls also. How can he be an enlightened (SamyagDrști) without knowing soul and non-souls? [202] Annotation In stanza 13, Ācārya Kundakunda has stated that an enlightened being (SamyagDrști) is the one who has comprehended, from the real point of view, nine elements including soul (Jīva) and matter (non-living or Ajīva). Here in za 202, Acārya Kundakunda says that without comprehension of the soul, the comprehension of non-living or non-souls is also not possible; and without a true or clear understanding of the difference between soul and non-soul one cannot be an enlightened being (SamyagDrști). At this juncture, a question arises about the diagnostic tests of not understanding the soul. One of such tests is given in stanza 201. As mentioned in stanzas 198 and 199, pleasure, pain, liking, disliking, etc. are beyond the true nature of the soul. Even if these stanza

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