समयसार (प्राकृत गाथा एवं हिन्दी-अंग्रेजी व्याख्या)

Foreword
Spiritual Knowledge was derived first from Kshatriya –
यथेयं न प्राक्त्वत्तः पुरा विद्या ब्राह्मणान् गच्छति।
तस्मात्तु सर्वेषु लोकेषु क्षत्रस्यैव प्रशासनमभूत्॥ ²
– (Chandogyopanishad, 5/3/7)
“As (to what) you have said to me, Gautama (Brahmana), this knowledge
did not go to any Brahmana before you, and therefore this teaching
belonged in all the worlds to the Kshatriya class alone.”
In a living organism the soul can be conceived as the nucleus
circumscribed by the limits of the gross physical body. It is to be liberated
and enlightened. Kundakundacharya's advice – remain a spectator, an
observer, a witness to all that is happening in the physical world but do
not become an actor, a doer, because the drama is being played by the
aliens and you being a spectator have right knowledge, right faith and
right conduct constituting the right path to final emancipation and
liberation of soul. The trio is known as “The Three Jewels”.
Samayasāra is the ultimate conscious reality. The enlightened soul has
infinite glory. It has the innate ability to demolish the power of karmas,
both auspicious (puṇya) as well as inauspicious (pāpa), which constitute
the cycle of births and deaths, and are an obstacle in the path of liberation
of the soul.
You have translated in English the great classical Jain text Samayasāra
composed by His Holiness Kundakundacharyaji. Your successful accom-
plishment of this job would play a vital role in evolving spiritual and moral
values in the Jain society especially among the English knowing people. I
highly appreciate your job and convey my auspicious blessings to you.
आशीर्वाद
वीर निर्वाण संवत् 2038 –Āchārya Vidyanand Muni
22-2-2012
2. ऋषभं पार्थिवश्रेष्ठं सर्वक्षत्रस्य पूर्वजम्। – (Brahmanapurana, 2-14)
(vii)