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nature of things and hence he is a right believer. The same idea occurs in the Bhagavad Gita. "He who thinks of him as slayer, he who deems him slain-these both are void of judgment; he doth not slay nor is he slain." 11.19.
Next the author explains why such thoughts imply ajñāna or lack of true knowledge.
आउक्खयेण मरणं जीवाणं जिणवरेहि पण्णत्तं ।
आ ण हरेसि तुमं कह ते मरणं कथं तेसि ॥ २४८॥
aukkhayena maranam jīvānam jiņavarehim pannattam
aum na haresi tumam kaha te maranam kayam tesim (248)
आयुः क्षयेण मरणं जीवानां जिनवरैः प्रज्ञप्तम् ।
आयुर्न हरसि त्वं कथं त्वया मरणं कृतं तेषाम् ॥ २४८ ॥
248. It is declared by the Jinas that the death of living beings is caused by the disappearance of their age-determining karma. (Since) thou doth not destroy their age-determining karma, how is their death caused by thee? आउक्खयेण मरणं जीवाणं जिणवरेहि पण्णत्तं ।
आउं ण हरंति तुह कह ते मरणं कथं तेहि ॥२४९॥
aukkhayena maranam jīvāņaṁ jinavarehim pannattaṁ
äum na haramti tuha kaha te maranam kayam tehim (249) आयुः क्षयेण मरणं जीवानां जिनवरैः प्रज्ञप्तम् ।
आयुर्न हरन्ति तव कथं ते मरणं कृतं तैः ॥ २४६॥
249. It is declared by the Jinas that the death of living beings is caused by the disappearance of their age-determining karma. (Since) they do not destroy thine age-determining karma how can thy death be caused by them..
COMMENTARY
Death of living beings results only when their age-determin ing karmas wear out. This wearing out of one's own age karma will be caused by its running its full course of duration and not by any other means. When that causal condition is absent, the result cannot be produced by any other means. Hence no one can think of causing the death of another. Therefore the thought, "I kill or I am killed" is certainly the mark of ajñāna or absence of knowledge of things real.
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