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11. THE ANUPREKSĀS AND JAINA RELIGIOUS POETRY
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संकल्पकल्पतरुसंश्रयणात्त्वदीयं चेतो निमजति मनोरथसागरेऽस्मिन् ।
तत्रार्थतस्तव चकास्ति न किंचनापि पक्षे परं भवसि कल्मषसंश्रयस्य ॥ Thy heart is submerged in the ocean of desire, because it clings to the all-giving tree of imagination. Thou dost thereby gain really nothing, but oniy followest the path to sin (2. 132).
सेय विभूतिषु मनोषितसंश्रयाणां चक्षुर्भवत्तव निजार्तिषु मोघवान्छम् ।
पापागमाय परमेव भवेद्विमूढ कामात् कुतः सुकृतदूरवतां हितानि ।। Thy mind, o fool, absorbed in its hankerings and frustrated in its desires, jealously contemplates the splendour of the objects of desire, but only paves the way to sin. How can those who are remote from virtue acquire joys by merely yearning for them? (2. 133).
दौर्विध्यदग्धमनसोऽन्तरुपात्तभुक्तश्चित्तं यथोल्लसति ते स्फुरितोत्तरङ्गम् ।
धाम्नि स्फुरेद्यदि तथा परमात्मसंज्ञे कौतस्कुती तव भवेद्विफला प्रसूतिः ॥ Thy birth would never be futile, if thy heart delighted in the Light called the Supreme Self, in the same way as it cheers up, heaving with the waves of desire, when thou thinkest of imaginary pleasures, thy mind consumed by penury (2. 134).
8. SAÚFARÂNUPREKŠĀ (Thoughts on the Stoppage of the Influx of Karma) आगच्छतोऽभिनवकार्मणरेणुराशेर्जीवः करोति यदवस्खलनं वितन्द्रः।
सत्तत्त्वचामरधरैः प्रणिधानहस्तैः सन्तो विदुस्तमिह संवरमात्मनीनम् ॥ The watchful Soul stops the oncoming dust of ever-new Karmas, with the helping hand of meditation, upholding the banner of right doctrines. The good in the world call this samvaraa (stoppage) that benefits the soul (2.135).
नीरन्ध्रसंधिरवधीरितनीर पूरः पोतः सरित्पतिमपैति यथानपायः।
जीवस्तथा क्षपितपूर्वतमःप्रतानः क्षीणास्रवश्च परमं पदमाश्रयेत ॥ Like as a boat without holes and joints safely traverses the ocean, defying the surge of waters; similarly, the soul, with the expanse of earlier Karma destroyed, and the influx of new ones stopped, reaches the Supreme Goal (2.137).
9. LOKĀNUPREKŞA
(Thoughts on the Universe) मध्याधरोवरचनः पवनत्रयान्तस्तुल्यः स्थितेन जघनस्थकरेण पुंसा ।
एकस्थितिस्तव निकेतनमेष लोकत्रस्यन्त्रिकीर्णजठरोऽग्रनिषण्णमोक्षः ॥ Composed of the upper, the middle and the lower regions, and bounded by
1 For the Jaina idea of the paramātman see Chap. X
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