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words or speech only in the case of human beings. The voice is produced from the bottom of noval on account of 'Vacana Karmāņu', because of the special arrangement in the throat of the human beings, comes out in the form of speech or words. In this context, a verse of a Jain poet-Keshiraja, is worthy of mention.2
The meaning of these verse is that from rhe 'Prāna vāyu' which works as per the desire of the 'Jivātmā', at the bottom of noval organ, the voice is produced, like a voice from the trumpet (of a long tapering shape of a horn like shape) and its colour is white and its action is speech or word. The fact that the poet has called the voice as matter having white colour is clear proof that poet and grammarian Kesirāja is a pure Jain and has taken this idea from the works of the Jaina Acăryas. It should be remembered that the speech itself has become the main important medium for the development and progress of human civilization and culture, "Sabda' or speech-when taken in view of the nature of the soul, is pure and straight. That is why Truth is described as one of the 'Dharma' of the soul by the Jain Acāryas. In this context, divine voice produced by the Tirthankaras may be remembered or mentioned here. To explain this fact, a common experience may be given here. If we observe the innocent children who have not under. stood the deceit, crookedness, selfishness etc., of the world, we see that those children always speak the truth, not only the truth but the naked truth, whatever that they have felt or whatever they have seen. As we all know, children usually are described as Gods or on par with Gods in this world. As one English author has said 'The heaven is full, of children'. In one word, we may say that God is Truth, Truth is God'.
In following the Truth, which is Dharma' of the 'Atma', lies the welfare of soul, but as explained above, the mundane soul being after the 'Kasayas' and having become a victim to selfishness, lust etc., looses the right path and right knowledge and turns to the other ways to fulfil his physical pleasures and falls into the ocean of sin. To gain his ends, to fulfil his desires, the man diverts himself from the Truth and would be caught in the clutches of untruth or falsehood and thus he teases others and destroys them and also destroys himself.
As we all know, that we become victims to the bad habits easily and we find it defficult to cultivate good habits. This is what we see and experience in the day to day life. When a bad habit is continued, it becomes very difficult to escape from its bondage. In the same manner, when once a man starts telling lies, it becomes his habit
and he goes on telling lies without any discrimination between his own people or otherwise. He starts without any sense of shame to insult elders or youngsters and goes on using loose talks without caring for the person or situation. He starts telling lies which create shocks and starts moving with ego and boasting himself as if, he were an unparalled man and for his little benefit, he does not mind to tell lies which may destroy the lives of others. Thus speaking lies in various ways, he becomes a nuisance and due to his harsh and disagreeable talks, he becomes a means to harm a good number of human beings and beings in general. But he does not succeed for a long time. At last,
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