Samayasara

SR No.: 006764
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: A Chakravarti
Publisher: Bharatiya Gyanpith
Publication Year: 1989
Total Pages: 370
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Agam, & Canon
File Size: 20 MB

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SAMAYASARA
तत्थभवे जीवाणं संसारत्थाण होंति वण्णादी | संसारपमुक्काणं णत्थि दु वण्णादभ केई ॥ ६१ ॥ tatthabhave jivaṇam samsaratṭhāṇa homti vaṇṇādi samsarapamukkaṇam ṇatthi du vannadao kei (61) aa yà marai danceurai xafa aufgu: 1
संसारप्रमुक्तानां न सन्ति खलु वर्णादयः केचित् ॥ ६१ ॥
61. So long as jivas have embodied existence in the world of samsăra, attributes of colour etc., are present in them. The moment they liberate themselves from the samsaric bondage, these characteristics such as colour, etc., have absolutely no relation to them.
COMMENTARY
This gatha emphasises the act that the relation between soul and colour is one of mere assoc.ation and not of identity. If in spite of this, it is obstinately maintained that there is an intrinsic identity between jiva and varna it will lead to an erroneous attitude as is indicated next.
जीवो चैव हि एदे सव्वे भाव त्ति मण्णसे जदि हि । जीवस्साजीवस्स य णत्थि विसेसो दु दे कोई ॥६२॥ jivo ceva hi ede savve bhava tti mannase jadi hi jivassājīvassa ya natthi viseso du de koi (62) नीवश्चैव ह्येते सर्वे भावा इति मन्यसे यदि हि ।
जीवस्य जीवस्य च नास्ति विशेषस्तु ते कोऽपि ॥ ६२ ॥
62. If you maintain that all these modes pertain to the soul itself then according to you there would be no difference whatsoever between soul and non-soul.
COMMENTARY
Dravya and guna, substance and quality, have been described to be inseparable from each other and intrinsically identical. What differentiates one substance from another is the difference of qualities. Colour, taste, smell, etc. are the intrinsic qualities of matter, just as cognitive qualities are the intrinsic qualities of jiva or soul. If it is perversely maintained that the qualities of colour, taste, etc., are also the qualities of jiva, then there will