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Chapter - 5
Samayasāra
states which are vitiated by attachment and the like are conditions for bondage of new karma (rāgādi-vippamukko abamdhago) but those who are free from the defilement of attachment etc. are not liable to bondage; (navari jāņago) [for them) there is only awareness.
(Jaha pakke phalammi padide) Just as the ripened fruit gets detached (from the tree-branch] (phalam puno vimte na bajjhade) and such fruit does not become re-attached to the branch, (jīvvassa kammabhāve padide puņo na udayamuvedi) in the same way the karma which has been separated from the soul cannot again attain the state of rise (fruition).
(Tassa nāņissa puvvaạibaddhā savve vi paccayā) In the case of the enlightened soul, the old bondage and its causes (du puddhavīpimdasamāņā) are nothing more than a clod of earth (du te kammasarīrena baddhā) and they are associated with subtle microbody [kārmana-sarīra) i.e., they are of no significant consequences. Annotations :
In these verses, distinction is made between the soul infected with perversity (mithyātva), called mithyädrsti and the purified and enlightened soul, called samyagdęsti who has annihilated the beginningless defilement.
Earlier we had seen that mithyātva is the root of all evils and the primordial cause of the worldly wanderings. It vitiates the innate ability of the soul to realize and comprehend the truth and forces it to grope in the darkness. In course of time, however, the innate purity of the soul urges it to proceed towards enlightenment and ultimately leads it to the right path. The potency of mithyātva is reduced to an appreciable extent and the right world-view or samyaktva dawns. Thus, samyaktva, which is a purified state of the soul converts mithyādrsti (wrong vision) into samyagdrsti (right vision). It is attended by radical change in vision of the world in general and the psycho-physical relationship in particular. The whole horizon changes.
From eternity till now the soul was in a state of spiritual helplessness and slumber. After awakening, self-awareness increases progressively and a more powerful and vigorous spiritual
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| SR No. | 006530 |
| Book Title | Samayasara |
| Original Sutra Author | Kundkundacharya |
| Author | Jethalal S Zaveri |
| Publisher | Jain Vishva Bharati |
| Publication Year | 2009 |
| Total Pages | 336 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English, Philosophy, Agam, & Canon |
| File Size | 15 MB |