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:48: Jinabhadra Gani's
[The second anybody (including even the doer of a deed) when it is (in the process of) producing its effect; it rather, never, fails to produce (janayanti dva ) its effect, because it is a self-complete cause. For, even though not known to the sower, the seed of codrava, etc., fallen in some tract of land and reaching the state of a self-complete cause by the presence of the materials, viz,, the water, etc., does produce its effect even in the absence of a desire ( for that effect) on the part of the sower. And deeds like cultivation of land, injury to living beings, etc., are of the nature (bhūta) of self-complete causes in so for as the production of sin ( a-dharma) is concerned. Hence in such ouuses, where does the desire (if) present in the performer of those deeds, become useful ? On the other hand the wise (i. e., those who do their duties disinterestedlyvivekinah) have no desire for the fruits even in doing such deeds as giving a gift, etc., instead of this, such deeds being of the nature of “self-complete causes" produce the fruit in the form of religious merit (dharma ), which is only of a superior quality.
Therefore, it must be admitted that there is always an invisible fruit good or bad of any action whatsoever, whether it be good or bad; because, otherwise, there will be no propriety ( anupapatti) of the existence of innumerable transmigrating souls.
To demonstrate the same, the author says :
इहरा अविहरहिया सब्वे मुच्चेज ते अपयत्तेणं ।
थविद्वारंभो, चेव केसबहुलो भविबाहि ।।७३ ॥ (१६२१) Iharā adittharahiya savvd mucoèjja tè apayattèņam Aditthārambho ceva kesabahulo bhavijjähi. 73 (1621) [ Sekar: i goresquenta
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