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GOMMATASARA.
क्रिमिरागचक्रतनुमलहरिद्रारागेण सदृशो लोभः । नारकतिर्यग्मानुषदेवेषूत्पादकः क्रमशः ॥ २८७ ॥
287. Greed is ( fast) like crimson colour, wheel-dirt, body (dirt,) turmeric colour. (They are respectively producers of the hellish, sub-human, human and celestial conditions of existence.
Commentary.
These four degrees of greed are according to the difficulty in getting rid of them. It is most difficult to wash out fast crimson colour, similarly the maximum kind of greed is most difficult to be freed from. And so on.
णारयतिरिक्खरसुरगईसु उप्पराणपढमकालम्मि । कोहो माया माणो लोहुदओ अणियमो वापि ॥ २८८॥ नारकतिर्यग्नरसुरगतिषूत्पन्नप्रथमकाले ।
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क्रोधो माया मानो लोभोदयः अनियमो वापि ॥ २८८ ॥
288. In the first instant of birth in hellish, subhuman, human and celestial condition of existence, (there is) operation of anger, deceit, pride, and greed ( respectively). But (according to some saints, (it is) not necessarily (so.)
Commentary.
Some Saints. This means the saint Bhútabali, the author of Maha-Karma-Prābhrita a part of the trilogy mentioned above, i. e., Dhavala etc. The other view given first in the above Gatha is due to the saint Yati Vrishabha, the commentator of Kashaya Prábhrita.
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जेसिं रात्थि कसाया अमला अकसाइणो जीवा ॥ २८६ ॥ आत्मपरोभयबाघनबन्धासंयमनिमित्तक्रोधादयः ।
येषां न सन्ति कषाया अमला अकषायिणो जीवाः ॥ २८६ ॥
288. (Those) in whom ( there) are no passions of anger etc., (which are) the auxiliary cause, of the trouble.
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