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ON CÃRITRİN
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Just as a blind man, who finds himself in the midst of a dense forest but in whose case the karmas responsible for the experience of pain are not fructifying for the ttme being, happens to properly pursue his path avoiding ditches etc., similarly this man, who might
ibly lack the scriptural guidance that acts as eyes and who finds himself in the midst of the dense forest of the forni of worldly existence but in whose case the karmas responsible for the experience of plentiful pleasure are fructifying for the time being, properly pursues his path (i.e. the path of righteousness) avoiding sinful acts etc..
अनीदृशस्य तु पुनश्चारित्रं शब्दमात्रकम् । ईदृशस्यापि. वैकल्यं विचित्रत्वेन कर्मणाम् ॥३५६॥ anīdssasya tu punaś caritraň sabdamätrakam)
idyśasyāpi vaikalyan vicitratvena karmaņām 1/3561 .: To call a man who does not satisfy the above description a man possessed of Caritra (i.e. a Caritrin) is to use words without a meaning, though, of course, even in the case of a man satisfying this description 'there migh be found deficiencies of Caritra (i... of conduct) that arise owing to the peculiar capacity of thë accumulated kajmas.
देशादिभेदतश्चित्रमिदं चोक्तं महात्मभिः । । अत्र पूर्वोदितो योगोऽध्यात्मादिः संप्रवर्तते ॥३५७॥ dešādibhedatas citram idam coktam mahālmabhiḥ /
atra pārvodito yogo'dhyatmadiḥ sampravartate 1/357|| This Caritra has been divided by the great souls into several sub-types like deśa (lit. partial) etc.; and it is the people possessing Caritra who practise the earlier enumerated species of Yoga like adhyātam etc.
Note: Desa-Caritra :(better known as deśa-virati, meaning 'partial desistence (from sin)') is th: name for the over-all character of the person occupying the fifth gunasthāna—just as sarva-cāritra (better known as sarva-virali, meaning 'total desistence (from sin)') is tbe name for that of the person occupying sixth or seventh gunasthāna. Then there are names for the over-all character of the persons occupying the guņasthāvas eighth etc. By deśa etc. Haribhadra means all these names. (2) The Five Species of Yoga-viz. Adhyātma etc.—Described:
औचित्याद् वृत्तयुक्तस्य वचनात् तत्त्वचिन्तनम् । मैत्र्यादिसारमत्यन्तमध्यात्म तद्विदो विदुः ॥३५८॥ aucityad vșttayuktasya vacanūt tativacintanam / maitryadisaram alyantam adhyalman tadvido viduh (1358/1, i
