________________ 66 : Siri Sirivalakaha rance, and with my power of discrimination being lost on account of irresistible pride ". (326) Mayana, bent down with modesty, said, "Oh, father ! do not be dejected in your mind; all this has happened on account of ( the evil effect of ) my karma. (327). " ( Oh, father ! ) this is but certain that nobody gives happiness or misery to anybody; ( but ) the 'jivas' experience only the karma which they have accumulated." (328) "Let nobody take pride that an action which he does is certainly accomplished, (for) even an action done by the best of gods, becomes reversed on account of ( the evil effect of ) karma. (329) "Therefore, oh, father ! know the * Tatta ' ( or the principles of fundamental truth ) propounded by the Jinas, to be the best, knowing which, one is enabled to know the comparative strength and weakness of the 'karmas' and the 'jivas', as also the i principle of ) 'bandha' (i. e. the uniting of the karma-pudgala with the soul ) and moksha'( i. e. the liberation of the soul by the destruction of the karmas which have stuck to it)". (330)
