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Shedding of Karma (Nirjarā)
constituent of the cosmos and does not have any abhorrence with any attribute of any substance or any living being. Stanza 231 underlines such attribute of an enlightened being (SamyagDrști). This attribute in technical words is known as the absence of abhorrence or non-abhorrence attribute of an enlightened being.
Further, as a soul, an enlightened being does not have any illusion or ignorance of owning or manipulating any attribute of anything or living being. He, as a soul, visualizes constituents of the cosmos without any motive of controlling or manipulating. This attribute is known as an attribute of having non-stupid vision or un-blurred vision or vision without follies.
जो सिद्धभत्तिजुत्तो उवगूहणगो दु सव्वधम्माणं । सो उवगूहणकारी सम्मादिट्ठी मुणेदव्वो । | 233।। उम्मग्गं गच्छतं सगं पि मग्गे ठवेदि जो चेदा ।
सो ठिदिकरणाजुत्तो सम्मादिट्ठी मुणेदव्वो । | 234 ।।
Jo siddhabhattijutto uvaguhaṇago du savvadhammāṇam.
So uvaguhaṇakāri sammādiṭṭhī munedavvo. ||233|| Ummaggam gacchatam sagam pi magge thavedi jo cedā. So thidikaraṇājutto sammādiṭṭhī muṇedavvo. ||234||
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यः सिद्धभक्तियुक्तः उपगूहनकस्तु सर्वधर्माणाम् ।
स उपगूहनकारी सम्यग्दृष्टिर्ज्ञातव्यः ।। 233 ।।
उन्मार्ग गच्छंतं स्वकमपि मार्गे स्थापयति यश्चेतयिता ।
स स्थितिकरणयुक्तः सम्यग्दृष्टिर्ज्ञातव्यः ।। 234।।
A living being who has reverence for emancipated souls and who safeguards [oneself] against all alien aspects is to be known as an enlightened being endowed with the attribute of safeguarding. [233]
A living being who keeps oneself on [right] path even in an adverse situation of slipping towards wrong path is to be known as an enlightened being endowed with the steadfastness. [234] Annotation
Four attributes of enlightened beings have been described in
