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
146. A shackle made of gold is as good as one made of iron for the purpose of chaining a man. Similarly karma whether good or bad equally binds the jiva.
COMMENTARY
The distinction between good karma and bad karma is meaningless since the effect in both is identically the same.
तम्हा दु कुसीलेहि य रायं मा काहि मा व संसग्गं ।
साहीणो हि विणासो कुसीलसंसग्गरायेण ।।१४७।। tahmā du kusilehi ya rāyam mā kāhi mā va samsaggam sāhīno hi vaņāso 'kusilasaṁsaggarāyeņa (147)
तस्मात्तु कुशीलैः राग मा कुरु मा वा संसर्गम् ।
स्वाधीनो हि विनाशः कुशीलसंसर्गरागेण ॥१४७॥ 147. Therefore do not have attachment for or association with undesirable karmas whether good or bad; by such attachment for or association with undesirable karmas the destruction will be inevitable.
COMMENTARY
Both the karmas are to be avoided as they lead to the same undesirable result. The author emphasises the same point through an analogy.
जह णाम कोवि पुरिसो कुच्छियसीलं जणं वियाणित्ता।
वज्जेदि तेण समयं संसगं रायकरणं च ॥१४८।। jaha ņāma kovi puriso kucchiyasīlam janam viyāṇittà vajjedi tena samayam samsaggam rāyakaranam ca (148)
यथा नाम कश्चित्पुरुषः कुत्सितशीलं जनं विज्ञाय । वर्जयति तेन समकं संसर्ग रागकरणं च ॥१४८॥ एमेव कम्मपयडी सीलसहावं च कुच्छिदं णाएं।
वज्जति परिहरंति य तं संसग्गं सहावरदा ॥१४६।। emeva kammapayadi silasahāvañ ca kucchidam nādum vajjamti pariharamtiya taic samsaggam sahāvarada (149)
एवमेव कर्मप्रकृतिशीलस्वभावं च कुत्सितं ज्ञात्वा ।
वर्नयन्ति परिहरन्ति च तत्संसर्ग स्वभावरताः ॥१४९॥ 148 and 149. As a person knowing certain people to be of