Yogsar - II

                                                                            

41. This Jiva keeps roaming in false pilgrimages, indulging in fake activities, till he does not  realise his own soul with the help of Guru.

42.  Srutakevali has told that Deo (paramatma)  does not reside in pilgrimages or temples. Actually Deo resides in body form temple of self. Know this without doubt.

43. Oh! Jina Deo stays in body form temple of self. But people search for him in temples. Seeing this it makes me laugh that in spite of being Siddha they roam like beggars. 

44. O ignorant ! Deo is not in the temple. Deo is not in a statue, painting or artifact. Deo stays in the body form temple of self. Realise it with equanimity.

45. All say that Deo is in temples or pilgrimages but such Gyanis are rare who say that Deo stays in body form temple of self only.

46. O Jiva! If you are afraid of old age, death then engage in dharma. Drink the medicine of the form of dharma so that you could become ageless immortal.

47. By reading of shastras one cannot do dharma. By keeping books or Pichhi ( peacock feather broom kept by munis) one cannot do dharma. By staying in monastery one cannot do dharma. By carrying out Keshlonch ( pulling the hair out with own hands by munis) also one cannot do dharma.

48. The Jiva who resides within his own soul discarding both raga(attachment) and dwesha(aversion) – that alone is called dharma by JinaDeo. That dharma carries the Jiva to fifth gati ( fifth state i.e. siddhahood).

49. Oh! The life is melting away! But neither mind nor desires are melting away. Moha(delusion)  is blooming but there is no pulsation in  the soul for its own benefit. This is the reason that Jiva is transmigrating in the world.

50. O yogis! The way this mind immerses into different sensual subjects , if he engages the same way for knowing the soul and immerses in the soul then he shall attain Nirvana soon- so it is told by Yogis.

51. O yogi! Just as a stay is hell is full of miseries and disgust , considering the stay in this body  to be in the same way, contemplate of the pure soul so that you get across the worldly ocean.

52. Oh! All the people in  the world are busy with their businesses and do not realise the   soul. This is the reason that they don’t attain Nirvana-this is clear. 

53. Those Jivas who study shastras and still do not know the soul, they are also insentient. For this reason they also do not attain Nirvana- this is clear.

54. If some gyani can get rid of the mind and the senses then he does not need to ask anyone for anything. He has restrained the progression of raga hence he is able to experience the soul easily.

55. Pudgala is different and Jiva is different. All activities of Vyavahara are also different from the Jiva. O Jiva ! Discard pudgala and embrace Jiva, so that you could cross the worldly ocean.

56. Those people who do not know the Jiva and do not have belief in it, they can never get salvation from the world- so it is told by Jinendra Deo.

57. For realizing Jiva, understand the nine examples given as follows: 1. Jewel 2. Lamp 3. Sun 4. Milk-curd-ghee 5. Stone 6. Gold   7. Silver 8. Diamond  9. Fire.

Meaning:

1.       Soul is permanent  knowledge form like the brightness of jewel. Soul is also three jewel form       i.e. Samyak darshan, Samyak Gyan and Samyak Charitra.

2.       Soul knows the soul as well as others like lamp illuminates self and others.

3.       Just as Sun illuminates all others, the soul also knows all the three worlds and all the three periods (past, present, future) simultaneously.

4.       Just as by churning milk one gets curd and then ghee, in the same way by contemplation of soul one can progressively attain Moksha.

5.       Soul is permanent like stone and its qualities remain unchanged. 

6.       Just as gold can be purified, the soul can also be purified till it becomes totally pure, thus attaining Moksha.

7.       Just as silver does not forgo its whiteness and purity, soul does not discard its veetrag (detached) nature and equanimity.

8.       Just as diamond does not give up its purity inspite of  being in conjunction with red, yellow blue etc. colours , soul also does not forgo its nature of purity.

9.       The soul keeps being illuminated like the fire for ever. In the worldly state with the fire of dhyan the soul burns the karmas and gets purified.

58. Just as Akash is devoid of any relation with all other substances and is alone, in the same way the one who knows soul to be different from body etc. , he experiences the highest Bramha  (paramatma) nature and glows with omniscience.

59. O Jiva! Jinenedra Deo has told that just as Akash is pure, the soul is also pure. While Akash is insentient inert , the soul is consciousness form.

60. The gyanis who focus their vision in front of their nose and observe their bodyless pure soul inside, they do not undergo ignominy of rebirth again in this world and shall not drink the milk from the mothers again.

61. O Jiva! Although the soul is bodyless,  even then you can consider it to be of the size of your own body. Further know this very well  that body is insentient and corporeal but soul is not. 

Hence  you discard your false delusion and do not believe yourself to be of the form of body. 

62. Oh! What reward is not earned by knowing soul as soul?  One can get Keval Gyan and Jiva can attain permanent bliss also.

63. Those Munis who, discarding all other bhavas know the soul by means of soul, they acquire Keval Gyan and  attain salvation from the world.

64. Oh! Blessed are those Gyani people who discard all the other bhavas and have belief in the pure soul of the form of illuminator of Loka and Aloka.

65. Be it a Muni or householder, the one who resides within his own soul, he quickly attains the bliss of being Siddha. This is told by Jinendra Deo.

66. Oh! Some rare Gyani only pays attention to Tatva(reality), some rare Gyani only understands Tatva,  rare gyani only contemplates of the Tatva and rare gyani only installs Tatva within his heart and experience the soul.

67. Those Jivas who contemplate in this manner that these relatives are not mine and they are just cause  for momentary happiness-unhappiness, they  get rid of the world quite soon.

68. Indra, Fanindra, Narendra are also not sharan(protector) of the Jivas. Hence knowing them as Asharan ( one who cannot protect) the wise Munis know the soul only by the soul.

Meaning: This describes the Asharan ( helpless) bhavana (contemplation) out of twelve contemplations. Indra is ruler of Vaimanik Devas of heaven. Fanindra or Dharanendra is ruler of Bhavanvasi devas (lower order devas) and Narendra is Chakravarty i.e. king of kings on the earth. None of them can protect Jiva from their destiny. Knowing this fact the Munis contemplate of the soul only.

69. Jiva is born alone and dies alone. Alone he enjoys the happiness and alone he suffers the miseries. Alone he goes to hell and alone he attains Moksha.

Meaning : This is a description of Ekatva(singular)  Bhavana of the twelve contemplations. At all stages of life, the Jiva is alone from birth to death. Singularly he enjoys pleasures and pains. Based upon his karmas he goes to heaven or hell alone. Lastly he attains Moksha alone only. No one goes with him.

70. O brother! In this way everywhere if you travel alone and shall go alone only, then give up all the other bhavas and contemplate upon the single knowledge form soul only so that you attain bliss of the Moksha soon.

71.  Oh! Everybody accepts pap as pap, but the one who calls punya also as pap is a rare wise person.

72. O gyani! Just as shackles are made of iron, the same way shackles can be made of gold also. (there is no difference between the two as far as bondage is concerned). Therefore the real wise ones are those only who discard  shubha(good) as well as ashubha(bad).

73. O Jiva! When your mind  is Nirgranth ( knot free) then only you are    real Nirgranth. When you are truly such Nirgranth then only you can traverse on path to Moksha.

Meaning: Here the knot implies the attachment towards punya etc. and not the discarding of clothes. Traditionally Nirgranth stands for the one who has discarded the clothes. Here the true definition is given as the one who has no attraction for punya-pap.

74. Just as seed of banyan tree is clearly pervading the tree everywhere; the same way the banyan tree is also known within the seed also. In the same way you experience the Deva, lord of all the three lokas within the body.

75. O yogi! Whatever is Jina, I am the same and whatever I am , the same is Jina – cherish such bhavna (contemplation) without doubt; since that alone is means for Moksha. No other Tantra- Mantra (charms) etc. are  means for Moksha. 

76. O yogi! The soul is characterized by the numbers 2,3,4,5,9,7,6,5,4 qualities.

Meaning: While the soul is indivisible singular having the nature of knowing; from Vyavahara  sense it is recognized by describing its qualities. Here different groups of qualities are designated to define the soul. These groups are detailed in the subsequent gathas hence not covered here.

77. The Jiva who discards two  defects and resides with two qualities within his own soul, he attains Nirvana quite soon – so says Jina Swamy.

Meaning: The two defects are Raga-dwesha ( attachment-aversion). The two qualities are Gyan-darshan (knowing-seeing). Thus the Jiva who gives up raga-dwesha and resides within his own soul of the nature on knowing and seeing , attains Nirvana soon.

78. The Jiva who discards three defects and resides with three qualities within his own soul, he attains permanent bliss soon- so it is told by Jinendra.

Meaning: The three defects are Raga-dwesha-moha. Besides the two of previous gatha here Moha i.e. Mithyatva (delusion) has been added. The three qualities are Samyak darshan-Samyak gyan-Samyak charitra. In this Samyak charitra i.e. right conduct has been added. Thus separating own soul from raga-dwesh-moha, he contemplates of the soul of the nature of right knowledge-vision and conduct.

79. O Jiva ! Have belief in the soul devoid of four Kashaya (passions) and 4 Sangyas ( consciousness) while being adorned with four qualities, so that you could attain highest purity.

Meaning: The four passions are anger, pride, deceit, greed. The four types of consciousness which all jivas are having are ahaar(food), Bhaya (fear), Maithun(copulation), Parigrah (possession). The four qualities are darshan, gyan, sukh(bliss), virya (strength). Thus the jiva who gives up the four forms of passions and consciousness and contemplates of the soul having nature of darshan-gyan-sukh-virya, he attains Moksha soon.

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