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Gañadharavada
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human life in the next world is the same as it is here ? Sentences of Vedas having contradictory interpretations have given rise to this illusion of yours. The sentences are as follows :(1)“ Puruso vai puruşatvamas'nute, pas'avah pašutvam"
etc. and ( 2 ) " Śrugālo vai eșa jāyate yah sa-puriso dahyate” etc.
According to you, interpretations of these two sentences are respectively as follows :
(1) A man obtains nothing but manhood even after death, in the next world; and animals such as cow etc. become animals after death. Thus, sentences like this suggest that the next life is the same as this.
(2) But the sentences like " Śrugālo vai eto." mean to assert that the next life is totally different from the present one.
Such contradicting interpretations have given rise to the misguided belief of yours. Here is their real interpretation. Listen carefully. कारणसरिसं कजं बीयस्सेवकुरो त्ति मण्णंतो। इहभवसरिसं सत्वं जमवेसि परे वि तमजुत्तं ॥२२५॥ (१७७३) Kāranasarisam kajjam bîyassevankuro tti mannanto lhabhavasarisanı savvanı jamavesi pare vi tamajuttam 1122511 (1773) [ कारणसदृशं कार्य बीजस्येवाङ्कुर इति मन्यमानः ।
इहभवसदृशं सर्व यदवैषि परस्मिन्नपि तदयुक्तम् ।। २२५ ।। (१७७३) Kāpaņasadsiśam kāryam bijasyevārkura iti manyamāna) 1 Ihabhavasadsiśam sarvam yadavaisi parasminnapi tadayuklam||22511]
Trans.—225 Just as sprout is similar to seed, the effect is also similar to cause according to you. (And hence ), you
