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Ultimately, he finishes his preface by exhorting the readers to always look up to the sky, i, e. they should pitch their ideals high. The poem Andrea Del Sarto of the wellknown poet Browning compares favourably with this. The painter in this poem says:
"Ah but a man's reach should exceed his grasp ог what's a heaven for ?"
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To come to the text proper, the Muni Shri has divided this composition into eight chapters, and they are arranged like the rundles of a ladder to reach the goal of Absolution. The first chapter is devoted to garag-the awakening of the soul, The second chapter deals with giant which consists of devotien or attachment to preceptors, parents, elders and God, etc, and is a step to the elevation of the self. In the third chapter on अginयोन he distinguishes between the सकर्मक and अकर्मक souls and explains the eight steps to Yoga.
He advises man to bridle his mind, speech and actions and to keep himself away from malpractices. He vehemently points out that mau must preserve celibacy which is the soul of man's development. Without this, a man will ever be rotting in the weltering pool of misery. The fourth chapter preaches -the conquering of all passions. Man should rise head and shoulders above these passions, and should not be allured by their tempting waters. These are his veritable foes and he has got to Conquer them for obtaining absolution. The fifth chapter named 17-18 speaks of the restraining or curbing of the fickle mind for the sake of meditation. The mind is difficult to be checked like the wind. Still however, by constent and proper practice this can be achieved. Evenness of mind and meditation are inter ependent. In the sixth chapter on fafa he dilates on the various kinds of x. The seventh chapter is devoted to . He treats the difficult subject of comprehensively and points out the different modes of . The highest progress of Yoga leads the soul to & point from where it never goes down. The last chapter #fan szuit: is replete with fervet appeals to men, emanating from the
Aho! Shrutgyanam
