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undergo a change of colour, when the white-shell will be changed into black one. Similarly the enlightened Knower (who remained uninfluenced by the things enjoyed) may undergo deterioration in himself by which he may lose his nature of knowledge and assume one of nescience.
COMMENTARY
Thus it is clear that whether the Self retains its true form as the knower or deteriorates into its opposite is entirely determined by itself.
Next the author explains through an illustration taken from ordinary life the difference between the operation of the karma in the case of the wrong believer and that in the case of the right believer.
पुरिसो जह कोवि इहं वित्तिणिमित्तं तु सेवए रायं । तो सोवि देदि राया विविहे भोगे सुहुप्पाए ॥२२४॥ puriso jaha kovi ihan vittiņimittam tu sevae rāyam to sovi dedi rāyā vivihe bhoge suhuppãe (224) पुरुषो यथा कोपीह वृत्तिनिमित्तं तु सेवते राजानम् । तत्सोऽपि ददाति राना विविधान् भोगान् सुखोत्पादकान् ॥२२४॥ एमेव जीवपुरिसो कम्मरायं सेवए सुहणिमित्तं । तो सोवि देइ कम्मो विविहे भोए सुहुप्पाए ॥२२५॥ emeva jīvapuriso kammarāyam sevae suhaạimittam to sovi dei kammo vivihe bhoe suhuppãe (225) एवमेव जीवपुरुषः कर्मरजः सेवते सुखनिमित्तम् ।। तत्तदपि ददाति कर्मराजा विविधान् सुखोत्पादकान् भोगान् ॥२२॥ जह पुण सो चिय पुरिसो वित्तिणिमित्तं ण सेवए रायं । तो सो ण देइ राया विविहे भोए सुहुप्पाए ॥२२६॥ jaha puna so ciya puriso vittiņimittañ pa sevaè rāyam to so na dei rāyā vivihe bhoe suhuppãe (226) यथा पुनः स एव पुरुषो वृत्तिनिमित्तं न सेवते राजानम् । तत्सोऽपि न ददाति राजा विविधान् भोगान् सुखोत्पादकान् ॥२२६॥
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