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It is in this way, O Saumya ! that punya and pāpa are known as the kāraņas resembling their kāryas viz sukha and duḥkha. ॥ 376 ॥ (1924)
The opponent may here ask as follows :किं जह मुत्तममुत्तस्स कारणं तह सुहाईणं कम्मं । दिटुं सुहाइकारणमन्नाइ जहेह तह कम्मं ? ॥३७७॥ (१९२५) Kim jaha muttamamuttassa kāranam taha suhāîņam kammam i Dittham suhāikāranamannāi jaheha taha kammam ? 113771(1925) [किं यथा मूर्तममूर्तस्य कारणं तथा सुखादीनां कर्म।
दृष्टं सुखादिकारणमन्नादि यथेह तथा कर्म १ ॥ ३७७ ॥ (१९२५) Kim yathā mūrtamamūrtasya karanam tathā sukhadînām karma l Dristam sukhadikāranamannadi yatheha tatha karma ? ॥ 377 ॥
Trans.—377 Is Karma the cause of sukha etc, as mūrta is the cause of amārta? ( And ) is Karma apprehended ( as the cause ) in the same way as food etc, are apprehended as the cause of happiness etc ? ( 1925 )
टीका-किं यथा मूर्त नीलादिकममूर्तस्य स्वप्रतिभासिज्ञानस्य कारणं हेतुस्तथा सुख-दुःखयोः पुण्य-पापात्मकं कर्मापि मूर्तमेव सत् कारणम् , यथा प्रत्यक्षत एव दृष्टमन्नादिकम् ; आदिशब्दात् स्रक्-चन्दना-ऽङ्गना-हि-विष-कण्टकादिकमिह सुख-दुःखयोमूत तत् कारणं तद्वत् कर्मापि तयोरिति भावार्थः ? ॥ ३७७ ॥ (१९२५)
___D. C.-Just as a gem, garland, sandal-paste, woman, serpent, or a poisonous sting becomes the mūrta cause of the a-mūrta sukha and duhkha, should we accept Karma also whether good or bad-to be the mūrta and pratyakşa cause like food etc. ? ॥ 377 ॥ ( 1925 )
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