Pahud Doha - X

181. Fools go to visit temples constructed by others,  searching for the Deva. However they are not able to locate the existence of Shiva (beneficial entity) within their own body form temple.

Meaning: It is common for people to visit temples for offering obeisance to Deva but still they do not realise that the Deva is present within their own body. Deva cannot be observed externally in temples. One has to see him internally himself.

182. You established villages on your left and your right but kept the middle vacant. O yogi! Establish one more village there.

Meaning: The reference to left and right are the subjects of the senses. One has been engaged in the subjects of the senses all along but never bothered about the middle which is the soul of his own. Here he is being asked to pay attention to own soul and reside in the same.

183. O deva! I am worried about you. When afternoon passes then you would go and sleep. Then the place would become vacant.

Meaning: Here deva is the address for self. In this body the soul has been residing. In the afternoon of life, the end would come and the soul will pass away. Then the body would fall vacant which would serve no purpose. Here he is being asked to take care of his soul while time is there for traversing on Moksha marg.

184. O Swami!  Give  me with such a sermon so that the intellect breaks down and the mind also dissolves. What is the interest in other Devas?

Meaning: Here the student is asking Guru to give such as sermon that the intelligent thoughts of vikalpas do not occur in the mind thereby attaining tranquility. There is no other interest.

185. Neither he knows Sakalikaran ( procedure for purification) nor he knows the difference between water and leaf. He does not know the difference  between soul and others and he worships insignificant Deva.

Meaning: The procedure for purification of soul is by means of Samyak Darshan, samyak gyan, samyak charitra of  the soul. The ignorant jiva does not know even the impurity in water, nor does he know that soul is different from others and he worships small Devas in the hopes of material benefits.

186. In reality the soul and others could never mate with each other till now, nor  transmigration has stopped. The time has been spent beating the husk only since not a single grain of rice is obtained.

Meaning: Ignorant jiva has been always attributing soul to be body and other possessions. In reality this has not been so since they are totally different. Due to this he has been transmigrating all along from one birth to another. This is just like beating the husk to get rice which is not possible.

187. Shiva stays in body form Devalaya but you search for him in temples. I laugh in the mind that you are making Siddha bhagwan  beg.

Meaning: In our own body Siddha is resident while we are searching for him in temples. It is a laughable matter just as some Siddha bhagwan goes around begging for food in spite of having attained Nirvana.

188. He travelled in the forests, temples and pilgrimages. In fact he saw even in the sky. Oh! While roaming he met wolves and other animals also.

Meaning: Without realizing the nature of soul, people are travelling to temples, pilgrimages etc. but what did they find? They saw wolves, animals, birds etc. but nowhere did they encounter the Paramatma.

189.  Without any  destination, Jiva traversed on the middle path discarding the two paths. However there is no result of the two so that he could attain objective.

Meaning: In reality the Jiva does not have any goal. On one hand he wants to follow the worldly path involving raga-dwesha-moha and on the other hand he wants to be religious and do dharma. He tries following a middle path but since he does not have any clear objective, he does not get any result.

190. O yogi! The activities of yoga are unpleasant since mind cannot be stopped. It traverses again and again towards the subjects of the senses and gets sacrificed there.

Meaning: Here the term yoga implies the activities of mind-speech-body  which are always present for the worldly people. Here the yogi is warned of the consequences of lack of control of mind. The mind keeps wandering to the sensual subjects with the result that one keeps getting engaged in raga-dwesha-moha losing the concentration of mind.

191. The one who is bonded with karmas wander in all the three lokas while the one who is liberated becomes stationary  and does not move one step. O yogi! Look at this camel which moves in a different ways.

Meaning: Here the contradiction of the world is brought to attention. Normally an arrested person cannot move anywhere while free person can roam around. But the soul in the form of camel is different who roams about when bonded with karmas in transmigration while a liberated jiva becomes stationary.

192. Wandering in the world, one does not see any saints nor any Tatva (reality).  Jiva is engaged in the protection of the others with the army of senses.

Meaning: If one goes around in the world, he would not encounter any saints, nor would he find the reality of life ( nature of soul). People are just very busy in activities of enjoyment of senses and protecting the body.

193.  O yogi! The one who colonizes the ruins and  devastates a settlement, he is praiseworthy. Since he has neither pap nor punya.

Meaning: The concealed meaning is that firstly unsettle the Ashubha Upayoga activities and settle Shubha Upayoga activities instead. Then even shubha upayoga can be thrown away in favour of shuddhopayoga. In this upayoga there is neither pap bhava nor punya bhava. Total detachment exists. The one who attains it attains Moksha.

194. The one who spends the past karmas and prevents the new karmas form influx and worships Jina everyday, he alone becomes Paramatma.

Meaning: The shedding of past karmas is Nirjara and prevention of new influx is Samvar. The path to Moksha comprises of Samvar followed by Nirjara of the karmas. This is attained by dhyan (contemplation) of the nature of soul which is Paramatma.

195. And the second one who indulges in various sensual pleasures and many paps(sins), he goes like a chief guest to hell with the assistance of karmas.

Meaning: This is in continuity of the previous doha. The person who indulges in sins and sensual pleasures accumulates pap karmas which result him being transported to hell on completion of earthly stay.

196. The filthy hole stinking with smell of alkaline urine puts the entire loka to misery just as dog is for a piece of lather.

Meaning: The unholy nature of sexual desires is described which causes misery to the entire world. People keep chasing for these pleasures just as dog chases after piece of lather.

197. O deluded fool! Seeing or indulging does not give rise to any pleasure. Oh! Even a small passage for urine people do not leave.

Meaning: This is in continuation of previous doha. Herein it is told that the sexual pleasures are not the real pleasures and it is a pity that people are crazy about these interests.

198. O Jiva! Discarding the sensual attractions, passions, contemplate upon the Jinendra Deva. O fool! Due to this, one does not have to suffer misery again and indestructible- non aging status is attained.

Meaning: Acharya advises to give up interest in subjects of the senses and passions and meditate upon the nature of Jinendra which is same as our own soul. This will lead to nirvana ending the miseries of taking births again and again.

199. O fool! Discarding the sensual attractions, passions, contemplate upon the soul in the mind. Thus destroying all the four gatis attain  the highest incomparable status.

Meaning : Same as  the previous doha.

200. O fool! Stopping the mind from wandering into the vast subjects of the senses, know the reality. All other scriptures are imaginary except the one dealing with knowing natured soul.

Meaning: There is no end to desires and the mind keeps wandering in their attractions. One should learn to control the mind and realise the nature of reality. Other scriptures describe imaginary gods and their powers. The ones describing the nature of soul  as that of knowing and seeing is the true one.

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