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SECTION 1
पढमो उद्देसो
Padhamo Uddeso
आसत्ति-पदं १. जे गुणे से मूलट्ठाणे, जे मूलट्ठाणे से गुण । Āsatti-padam 1. Je guṇe se mūlațțhāņe, je mūlaţthāņe se gune. Attachment
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Carnality is nothing but) mundane existence"; (and) mundane existence is (nothing but) carnality.
ANNOTATION 1: Sensual qualities may be either pleasing or displeasing. By having attachment to the former and aversion to the latter, passions are intensified, which in their turn extend the cycle of transmigration. Thus the root cause of mundane existence is sensual qualities. Hence, the author identifies carnality with the cycles of birth and death.
1. The word guna literally means quality. Here the qua
lities indicated are the five sense-data viz. sound, colour, taste, smell and tangibility. Ultimately, therefore, guna denotes carnal pleasures.
2. The term malatthäna stands for samsāra i. e, the cycles
of birth and death; in other words, the mundane existence of the soul.
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