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3.8 jāgara-verovarae vīre
The wakeful and one free from enmity is the hero. Bhāśyam Sutra 8
One who is wide - awake and above enmity is valourous indeed. Here two defining characteristics of the valourous person are propounded. A person in sleep does not give any special inspiration and so he is not a hero. A person with an inimical disposition towards living creature is also not a valourous person. Violence and possessiveness function as the cause of enmity. A person not desisting from these two dispositions cannot give any kinds of inspiration to any body. Therefore awakefulness and friendliness are the two defining characteri-stics of a valourous person. 3.9 evam dukkhā pamokkhasi.
And thus you will get rid of suffering. Bhāśyam Sūtra 9
Thus, by means of wakefulness and the resulting friendliness, it is possible to get freed from misery and suffering. A person in slumber of delusion is an enemy of all living creatures. Such a person generates an unending chain of misery. He is not emancipated from the chain. Therefore, the state of wakefulness is very much worthy of practice. In the presence of wakefulness, a person does not indulge in violence and possessiveness. 3.10 jarāmaccuvasovanie nare, sayayam mudhe dhammaņ ņābhijāṇati.
The person under the sway of old age, death and constant
delusion does not know the doctrine. Bhāśyam Sūtra 10
Such person is constantly in the clutches of old age and death. Even then he always lives in stupor and delusion. He does not understand the doctirine which is the condition of the destruction of karma. 3.11 pāsiya āure pāņe appamatto parivvae
Looking at the people in anguish, the wakeful one always
remains vigilant. Bhāsyam Sūtra 11
The wakeful person, perceiving the spiritually sleeping fellow-beings
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