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SAYA VI
veyanaāhāramah'assave ya sapaesa4 tamuya5 bhavie ya sālīz pudhavīs kamm'' annautthi10 dasa chatthagammi sae.
1. VEYANĀ.
1(2500) Strong perception (ve y aņā) means strong annihilation of karman (nijjarā) but spiritual (pasattha) annihilation of karman [in piety] counts more than perception whether strong or not (mahā-veyanassa ya appa-v. ya se see je pasattha-nijjarāe): the H of the sixth and the seventh hell perceive [and consequently annihilate karman] very strongly, but with monks (niggantha) [thanks to a pious life] annihilation of karman is yet stronger (mahānijjaratara). In the first case, indeed, the bad karmans (pāvāim kammāim) stick together more tightly (gādhikayāim etc.) [in the soul]: likewise it is less easy to clean a dirty garment than a stained one and whereas it is impossible to beat off fragments (ahābāyara poggala) of an anvil (ahigaraṇa and oni), a handful of dry grass, when thrown in a fire, is instantly burned and a drop of water on a red-hot piece of iron instantly evaporates.
The old ed. has se kenam kh'ai atphenam instead of ken' aţthenam.-- ahigaraņi = adhikarani yatra lohakārā ayo-ghanena lohāni kuţtayanti, Abhay. -We met the similes of the grass and the drop of water already in III 310,
2 (251b) The instrumental forces (karana) without which perception is impossible, are: with Al body and karman, with A2-4 (vigalêndiya) speech, body and karman, with H, A5, M and G inner sense, speech, body and karman. With G the karanas are bright (or fortunate, subha) and perception consequently is agreeable (sāya), with H the same are dark (asubha) and disagreeable (asāya), with AM they are mixed (subhâsubha) and varying (vemāyāe).
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