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This is the sixth chapter.
Commentary in Hindi.
167
Word-by-word meaning: - So - then - as - name - as - named tree - is - tree - mountain - top - on - born - root - cut - root (root) - cut - being done - and - ahead - heavy - from - where - uneven - uneven place - is - then - there - falls - thus - that - kind - man - goes - man - born - womb - from - womb - womb - born - from - birth - birth - died - from - death - death - sorrow - from - sorrow - sorrow - south - going - hellish - black - fortnightly - future - in - rare - enlightened - becomes - is - this - and - not - also - word - mutually - collective - meaning - in - are - this - inaction - way - or - becomes - inaction - way - becomes.
Original meaning: - Just as a tree born on the top of a mountain, when its root is cut, due to the heaviness of its front part, falls where there is a low, uneven and inaccessible place, in the same way, an atheist man also (falls) from womb to womb, from death to death, from birth to birth and from sorrow to sorrow. The south-going hellish, the dark-fortnightly and the future rare-enlightened one. This is also called the inaction-way (this is the fruit of inaction-way).
Commentary: - In this sutra, the fruit of inaction-way and its conclusion have been done. For example, a tree born on the top of a mountain - whose front part is thick and root is thin - when its root is cut or broken, it falls only towards the lower place, in the same way, the atheist who does cruel deeds, due to the burden of his evil deeds, goes only towards hell. After this, he undergoes many transformations like the actor of the stage. He has to wander in all the four paths and various births for an infinite time. He does not get rid of the cycle of the world, therefore, the sutra-maker has called him 'dark-fortnightly'.
Dark-fortnightly is actually called the one who wanders in the cycle of the world more than half-pudgal-paravart and the one whose cycle of the world is less than half-pudgal-paravart is called the bright-fortnightly.