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Bhagavai 7:1:11-13
- 501 :account of nissangatā--freedom of soul from besmearing or soiling of soul karmic particles, on account of niranjanatā-immaculateness or untainted-ness of soul, free from karma, on account of gati-pariņāmasoul's innate mode of (upward) motion, on account of bandhanachedana-severance of the karmic bondage of soul, on account of nirindhanatā-the release (of smoke) from the fuel such as burnt out
charcoal, and on account of pürva-prayoga—the antecedent impetus. 7.12 kahannam bhamte! nissamgayāe, niramganayāe, gatipariņāmenam
akammassa gati pannāyati? se jahānāmae kei purise sukkam tumbam nīcchiddam niruvahayam ānupuvvie parikummemāne-parikammemäne dabbhehi ya kusehi ya vedhei, vedhettā atthahim mattiyālevehim limpai, limpittā unhe dalayati, bhūtim-bhūtim sukkam samānamn atthāhamatāramaporisiyamsi udagamsi pakkhivejjā se nūnamn goyamā! se tumbe tesim atthanham mattiyālevānam guruyattāe bhāriyattāe gurusambhāriyattāe salilatalamativaittā ahe dharanitalapaitthāne bhavai? hamtā bhavai. ahe nam se tumbe tesim atthanham mattiyālevānam parikkhaeņam dharanitalamativaittă uppim salilatalapaitthāne bhavai? hamtā bhavai. evam khalu goyamā! nissamgayāe, niramganayāe, gatiparināmenam akammassa gati pannāyati. For what reason, O Lord! does the motion of the akarma (soul, freed from karma) take place on account of nissangatā, nirañjaṇatā, and gati-pariņāma? Suppose a person (takes up) a gourd-fruit which has been dried up, is without a hole (i.e., is leak-proof) and is without a crack; first of all he mends (or prepares) it through step by step treatment; then he wraps it with kusa and darbha grass; having wrapped, he gives it eight coatings of clay; having coated it, he puts it under the sun; and when, it is very much dried up, he throws it in water that is unfathomable, uncrossable, deeper than the height of the man. Does not that gourd-fruit, O Gautama! on account of the heavy mass, heavy weight and heavy density of those eight earthen coatings sink down to the bottom of the water and rest on the surface of the ground there underneath? “Yes, it does." "Does that gourd-fruit when the eight earthen coatings have dissolved rise up to the surface of the water from surface of the ground at bottom?" “Yes, it does." In the same way, O Gautama! the motion of the akarma (soul, freed from
karma), takes place on account of nissangată, nirañjanatā, and gati-pariņāma. 7.13 kahannam bhamte! bamdhanachedanayāe akammassa gati pannāyati?
goyamā! se jahānāmae kalasirşıbaliyā i vā, muggasimbaliyā i vā, māsasimbaliyā
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