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( 40 ) 336. The ignorant engrossed in the various forms (of operative Karmas) certainly enjoys the fruit of Karmas; while the Kgower (merels) knows the fruition of Karmas, bat is not affected by the operative Karmas.
337. Again the faultless soal remains fearless. Realising the "I" it is ever engrossed in Sell-Devotion.
338. The soul incapable of Liberation, even after having read the scriptures, does not give up Karmas. Serpents may take sagar and milk, but they do not become poisonless thereby
339. Fixed in non-attachment, the Knower knows the fruition of Karmas, sweet, bitter and of many kinds. He is, therefore, described as non-affected,
340. The Koower Deither performs nor feels the Karmas of many kinds, but knows the fruition of Karmas, their bondage, merits, and demerits.
341. The eye itself is neither the cause nor the perceiver. Kaorlerige also knows Bondage, Liberation, Operation, and the Shedding of Karmas.
CHAPTER XI
SAMAYASARA, 342-343-344. In the opinion of some people Vishna creates celestial, hellish, sab-haman and human beings; if in the opinion of) Shramanas (Jaina ascetics) also, the soul produces the six kinds of bodies, (earth, air, fire, water, Fegetable, and mobile), then there seems to be no distinction between those people and the Shramanas. For the people, Vishna creates, and for the Shramanas the soul creates. Thus there seems no Liberation whatsoever for any of