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परमात्मानं कुर्वन्नात्मानमपि च परं कुर्वन् सः । अज्ञानमयो जीवः कर्मणां कारको भवति ॥ 92 | परमात्मानमकुर्वन्नात्मानमपि च परमकुर्वन् । सज्ञानमयो जीवः कर्मणामकारको भवति ॥ 93॥
The Doer (Karta) and the deed (Karma)
An ignorant being who considers a non-Self as the Self and the Self as a non-Self becomes the doer of Karma (Bhāva Karma). [92]
A Jñānī (an enlightened being), who neither considers a nonSelf as the Self nor the Self as a non-Self, does not become the doer of Karma (Bhāva Karma). [93]
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From Gāthā 92 and 93 one can learn that a spiritually ignorant being (Ajñānī) becomes the doer of psychic Karma (Bhāva Karma) and a knowledgeable being (Jñānī) does not become the doer of psychic Karma (Bhāva Karma). As regards Dravya Karma (material Karma), it has already been explained earlier (e.g., see Gāthā 82 and 91) that a Jiva cannot be considered as a doer of any transformation in the matter.
An ignorant person does not understand the distinction between the Self and non-Self with full accuracy. Therefore, he commits mistakes in identifying the Self as well as the non-Self. For example, one can identify one's physical body as the Self. This is an erroneous understanding, and due to this false understanding that being remains ignorant (Mithyādṛṣti or Ajñānī). Further, if another being identifies one's physical body as the non-Self but the anger associated with him as the Self, then this is also an erroneous understanding (e.g., see Gāthā 39, 51) and due to this false understanding, that being also remains spiritually ignorant (Mithyādṛṣti or Ajñānī). Gāthā 92 says that the spiritually ignorant being (Ajñānī) is the doer of psychic Karma (Bhāva Karma).
A Jñāni even recognizes that the Upayoga or the Self is separate from any Raga (inclination of attachment) or Dveşa (inclination of aversion) (e.g., see Gāthā 36, 38, 71, 75). A Jñānī understands the difference between the Self and non-Self. Gāthā
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