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Lord Śreyānsanātha
एकान्तदृष्टिप्रतिषेधसिद्धिायेषुभिर्मोहरिपुं निरस्य । असि स्म कैवल्यविभूतिसम्राट ततस्त्वमर्हन्नसि मे स्तवार्हः ॥
(11-5-55) सामान्यार्थ - हे अर्हन् ! एकान्तदृष्टि के निषेध की सिद्धि न्याय-रूप बाणों से हो जाती है। अर्थात् अनेकान्त नय के प्रतिपादन से एकान्त का निषेध हो जाता है। हे प्रभु ! आपका ज्ञान प्रमाण है। आपने मोहरूपी शत्रु से युक्त ज्ञानावरणादि घातिया कर्मों का अनेकान्तमई ज्ञान के बाणों से संहार करके केवलज्ञानरूपी विभूति प्राप्त की व समवसरणादि लक्ष्मी के सम्राट हुए, इसी कारण से आप मेरे द्वारा स्तुति करने योग्य अरिहन्त हो।
The absolutistic point of view is adequately refuted by the arrows of your nyāya* - logical reasoning following the established methods of proof. You had also annihilated enemies like the deluding karmas and attained the supremely glorious status of the Omniscient. For this reason, O Lord Śreyānsanātha, you are worthy of my adoration.
*In nyāya philosophy, the familiar example of an inference is,
“The hill is full of fire because there is smoke on it.” We establish the existence of fire (sādhya) by smoke (hetu or sādhana) through illustration (drstānta). The illustration may be made affirmatively like, “Where there is smoke, there is fire - as in the kitchen.” Or, it may be made negatively like, “Where there is no smoke, there is no fire - as in the lake.” The inseparable connection (vyāpti) is shown here by homogeneousness (sadharmya) or heterogeneousness (vaidharmya). The two syllogisms,
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