Samayasara

SR No.: 001607
Original Sutra Author: Kundkundacharya
Author: Hiralal Jain, A N Upadhye
Publisher: Bharatiya Gyanpith
Publication Year: 1944
Total Pages: 370
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Religion, & Philosophy
File Size: 8 MB

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SAMAYASARA
making the pot, he cannot be said to manifest He is not the karta in that sense, though he makes the pot. He being a conscious spiritual entity, can in no way become acetana material pot. Similary the Self, being a cetana entity cannot manifest into karmic forms of material nature. He is not the karta nor the causal agent producing those karmas. This indirectly refutes the metaphysical doctrine which derives the whole of the physical universe, as a manifestation of Paramātmā or Brahma, who is by nature a pure cetana dravya.
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जीवेण कदं कम्मं भण्णदि उवयारमत्तेण ॥ १०५ ॥
jivamhi hedubhūde bamdhassa ya passidūņa pariņāmaṁ jivena kadam kammam bhannadi uvayaramatteņa (105)
जीवे हेतुभूते बन्धस्य च दृष्ट्वा परिणामम् ।
वेन कृतं कर्म भण्यते उपचारमात्रेण ॥ १०५ ॥
105. When it is perceived that while the Self remains as the ground, the modification of karmic bondage appears (as consequence), it is figuratively said that the karmas are produced by the Self.
COMMENTARY
The presence of the Self is merely a nimitta condition which produces in the karmic materials the various modifications of karma such as jñānāvaraniya, darśanavaniya, etc. Noticing this relation, the popular mind describes by a figure of speech that the Self is the karta or the agent of those karmic modifications. The commentators give an illustration. The presence of the sun in a particular position with reference to clouds may result in the formation of rainbow. This rainbow is associated with the clouds, though its appearance is consequent upon the sun remaining in a particular position. Similarly the presence of the Self results in modification of several karmas out of karmic materials present therein. In both the cases the causal agency
is only figuratively true.