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Vaishali Institute Research Bulletin No. 6
The saint who saw the wife of Brahmaruchi duly pregnant felt regretfully that people were being tossed, tortured and harrassed by the swift spell of their lustful actions and thereby suffering from the worldly attachment again and again even after once giving up their momentary aluseuent of karna similarly when king Bajrabahu made searching questions to know the reality of the universe the noble saint explores the truth :
'भणइ तओ मुणिवसमो जीवो जह अटुकम्म पडिबद्धो ।
दुक्खाइँ अणुहवन्तो परिहिण्डइ दीह संसारं ।। कम्माण उवसमेणं लहद जया मानुसत्तणं सारं ।
तह वि य बन्धनडिओ न कुणइ धम्म विसयमूढ़ो ॥, that this world is the main cause of men's bondage and due to the sheer attachment with the momentary pleasures they fall prey to it and are compelled to face deadly troubles because of the deaths and rebirths again and again when they may be in a position to attain Moksha by practising the path of penance after renunciation from worldly charm with the kindness of Jinavara.
Similarly, at one place Geatartha Muni exactly explains the mystery of worldly bondage and salvation :
'भणइ मुणी मुणियत्थो नखइ, जा एस भोगतहाते । भवसयसहस्स जणणी संसार निबन्धणकरी य ।। खणभंगुरे सरीरे का एत्थ रई सभावदुग्गन्धे । मोहारिमहासेन्नं हन्तूणं संजमासिणा सिग्धं ॥'
This attractive body is full of kama, Raga and naturally it is only a temporary phenomena. It is full of bad smell hossible like hell and absurdity. The so-called love and sexual enjoyment are like a dream which disappears on awakening. As such, even a beautiful body with the Malarefuge-insects-flesh etc. can never be the source of happiness rather it draws the geeva towards the adversity. Only a prayer with utmost devotion of Jinavara can save him by killing the attachment with the help of sword made of Samyam and Vairagya.
Rama, the hero of the Paumchariyam, in his last days of life asks the Muni about the secrets of Moksha who goes on narrating the reality :
जीवाणं उव ओगो नाणं तह दसणं जिणक्खायं । संसाररिणस्स जं पुण जीवस्स सुहं तु फरिसमादीणं ।।
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