Yogabindu

Author(s): Haribhadrasuri, K K Dixit
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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SECTION III
ON SAMYAGDRSTI (1) His General Nature:
स्वतन्त्रनीतितस्त्वेव ग्रन्थिभेदे तथा सति । सम्यग्दृष्टिर्भवत्युच्चैः प्रशमादिगुणान्वितः ॥२५२॥ svataniranilitas tv eva granthibhede tathā sali /
samyagdīsțir bhavaty uccaiḥ prašamādigunānvilaḥ 1/252|| It is when the 'untyivg of knot'-a process described only in our texts (i.e. only in the Jaina texts)--has duly taken place that the ageut concerned, who is now fully possessed of the spiritual merits like supreme calmness etc., becomes a Samygdrsti,
Note: This should pot be taken to mean that the non-Jaina traditions have got no concepts parallel to the Jaita concept of granthibheda. What is being emphasized is that Haribhadra will discuss this concept (and certain allied ones) employing the techical terminology curient in the Jaina tradition. (2) His Characterizing Marks:
शुश्रूषा धर्मरागश्च गुरु-देवादिपूजनम् । यथाशक्ति विनिर्दिष्टं लिङ्गमस्य महात्मभिः ॥२५३॥ sušrūşā dharmarāgaś ca gurudevādipājanam /
yathāśakti vinirdişļas lingam asja mahātmabhiḥ 1/253|| A desire to listen (to the scriptural texts), an attachment for things religious, a worship of the elders, deities etc. to the best of one's capacities--these are enumerated by the noble souls as his characterizing marks. (2 i) His Desire for Listening to the Scriptural Texts :
न किंनरादिगेयादौ शुश्रूषा भोगिनस्तथा । यथा जिनोक्तावस्येति हेतुसामर्थ्य भेदतः ॥२५४॥ na kimnarādigerādau šušrūşā bhoginas tatha /
yatha jinoklāv aszeti helusāmarthyabhedataḥ 1/254/1 The desire of a worldly pleasure-seeker to listen to the songs etc. of the (divine musician) kiuparas etc. is not so much intense as is the desire of this man to listen to the utterances of the great religious