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SPIRITUAL LIGHT. चेद् धावतो जीववधो न जातो जातः पुनः पश्यत एव यातः । तथापि हिंसाफलमादिमे स्याद् मूढे, द्वितीये न धृतोपयोगे ॥७॥
( 73 )
While two persons are enjoying the same sweet dish, one of them as the result of ignorance accumulates energies ( Karmas ) while the other with his wisdom destroys them.
( 74 ) Suppose that no insect is killed while one is running with his eyes shut ( blind with infatuation ) and that some insect is killed by another walking with his eyes open ( with discriminating powers )..
. However, the former incurs sin ( if his regard for life be not real, ) while the latter incurs none. ( if real. )
Notes:-In verses 73 and 74 the difference between the results of one kind of action with different motives is clearly indicated. The wise, guided by non-attachment does things, which do not entangle him in the meshes of Karma but on the contrary, enable him to remove his karmic dirt. While the ignorant, blinded by sensual pleasures and enjoyments, goaded on by desires and passions do acts which engender Karmic energies, tending to prolong the period of transmigratory cycle.
So the wise man taking his dish, free from sonsual desires and pleasures, is helped in the purification
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