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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CHAPTER VII
बंधोपभोगनिमित्तेषु अध्यवसानोदयेषु ज्ञानिनः । संसारदे हविषयेषु नैवोत्पद्यते रागः ॥ २१७ ॥
217. The psychic states conditioned by samsāra lead to bondage while the psychic states conditioned by the body lead to enjoyment. Hence in the true knower, no desire for these is produced.
COMMENTARY
Psychic states are of two kinds, one pertaining to samsara that is the empirical world of things and persons, and the other pertaining to one's own body. The former results in bondage since it is conditioned by the emotions like desire, aversion and delusion. The latter leads to enjoyment either pleasurable or painful. The knowing Self is therefore without any attachment to any of these.
णाणी रागप्पजहो सव्वदव्वेसु कम्ममज्भगदो ।
णो लिप्पदि कम्मरएण दु कद्दममज्झे जहा कणयं ॥२१८॥
ṇānī rāgappajaho savvadavvesu kammamajjhagado
no lippadi kammaraena du kaddamamajjhe jaha kanayam (218)
ज्ञानी रागप्रायः सर्वद्रव्येषु कर्ममध्यगतः ।
नो लिप्यते कर्मरजसा तु कर्दममध्ये यथा कनकम् ॥२१८॥ अण्णाणी पुण रत्तो सव्वसदव्वेसु कम्ममज्भगदो ।
लिप्पदि कम्मरएण दु कद्दममज्झे जहा लोहं ॥ २१६ ॥
annāņi puna ratto savvadavvesu kammamajjhgado lippadi kammaraena du kaddamamajjhe jaha loham (219)
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अज्ञानी पुनः रक्तः सर्वद्रव्येषु कर्ममध्यगतः ।
लिप्यते कर्मरजसा तु कर्दममध्ये यथा लोहम् ॥ २१९॥
218. and 219. Just as gold in the midst of mire remains uncontaminated because of its non-adhesive property, so also the enlightened one, because of his complete non-attachment to the environment remains unaffected even when immersed in a cloud of karmas; whereas the unenlightened one because of his attachment to external objects gets affected when in the midst of karmas just as a piece of iron gets contaminated when dipped in mire because of its adhesive property.