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The study of the Samvasarana is not performed, therefore karma-bandha does not occur. Those who believe in akriya-vada are therefore atheists. They deny all substances and prohibit action due to the fear of karma-bandha. Those who believe in the Sankhya philosophy consider the soul to be all-pervasive. Therefore, they also do not accept action. They are akriya-vadis. Lokayatika, Buddhist, and Sankhya thinkers, without proper understanding, advocate this principle. They claim that the nature of substances is truly defined and manifested according to our principles. This is ignorant. Thus, the first part of this verse should be explained using the example of the eye-ball of a crow (kakaakshi golak nyaya) to illustrate the view of the akriya-vadis. Now, the sutra-kara, to explain the ignorant approach of the akriya-vadis, says:
"Sammisrabhavam cha gira ghahie, se mummui hoi anaanuwai. Iman dupakhan immegpakhan, ahansu chalaayanam cha kamma." ||5||
Commentary: "Sammisrabhavam cha gira grihite, sa mukamuko bhavati ananuvadi. Idam dvipakha midamekapakha mahu chalaayatanam cha kamma." ||5||
Translation: The aforementioned thinkers, by accepting substances through their words, deny them by accepting sammisrabhava - the existence and non-existence of substances. They are unable to respond to the words of those who believe in syadvada, becoming silent. They consider their own view as without opposition and the views of others as having opposition. They use deceitful language to refute the principles of syadvadis.
Commentary: By accepting their own words, they deny the meaning of those words. When the meaning is accepted, they deny it through their words. Thus, Lokayatika and others accept sammisrabhava - the existence and non-existence of substances. The word "va" indicates that they only accept existence in their denial. For example, Lokayatika, while teaching their disciples, would necessarily accept the existence of the soul, the doer, and the scriptures as the cause, and the disciples as the recipients of karma. If everything were void, then these three would not exist, and there would be no mixture or contradiction. Buddhists also accept sammisrabhava in the same way. For example:
"There is no traveler, nor are there six paths mentioned in the Buddhist scriptures. If there were a path to be traveled, how could the Buddhist teachings be considered beautiful?" ||1||
Similarly, "There is no karma, but there is fruit. There is fruit, but there is no self as the doer." How can there be six paths if there is no self as the doer? Since the stream of knowledge is relative and momentary, and action does not exist, there is no possibility of different paths. They present all actions as bonds, accepting their own view. Similarly, the five Jataka stories of the Buddha teach:
"Those who kill their mother and father, produce blood in the body of the Buddha, kill an Arhat, and break a stupa, these five..." ||1||
"...will go to Avici hell." If everything were void, then this teaching would be unreasonable. Similarly, there would be no birth, old age, death, disease, sorrow, or distinctions of high, medium, and low. This very karma-vipaka reveals the existence of the soul, its agency, and the existence of karma. Similarly,