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OUTLINES OF JAINISM
जायदि जीवस्सेवं भावो संसारचक्कवालम्मि । इदि जिणवरेहि भणिदो अणादिणिधणो सणिधणो वा ॥ १३०॥
Parchāstikāya, 128-30. Verily the soul which is in samsāra (cycle of existences) has (impure) evolution. From evolution comes karma, and from karma the state of existence (gati) in [various existences. And the soul, going into any state of existence (gati), assumes a physical body: from this body the sense-organs arise; these come into touch with sense-objects; thence arises attachment or aversion—thus thought-state is produced in the soul within the bounds of transient existences. And this thought-state may be without beginning and end or else with end. So have the best of Jinas declared of it.
XIII. LEŚVĀS (Paints of the Soul) 5. लिंपइ अप्पीकीरइ एदीए णियअपुरणपुरमं च ।
जीवो त्ति होदि लेस्सा लेस्सागुणजाण यकवादा ॥ ४८८ ॥ जोगपउत्ती लेस्सा कसाय उदयाणुरंजिया हो । तत्तो दोण्हं कज्जं बंधच उक्कं समुद्दिढें ॥ ४८९ ॥ किण्हा णीला काऊ तेऊ पम्मा य मुक्कलेस्सा य । लेस्साणं णिद्देसा छच्चेव हवंति णियमेण ॥ ४९२ ॥ णिम्मल खंधसाहु वसाहं छित्तुं चिणि त्तु पडिदाई । ग्वाउं फलाई इदि जं मणे ण वयणं हवे कम्मं ॥ ५०७ ॥ Commața-sūra, Jivakānda, by Nemi-chandra Siddhānta
___chakravartin, 488-9, 492, 507.
That whereby the soul is tinted, identified, with merit and demerit (punya and pāpa) is called leśyā; so it is taught by those who know the qualities of leśyās. The leśyā due to mental application and action becomes
