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प्रवचनसार
सोक्खं सहावसिद्धं णत्थि सुराणं पि सिद्धमुवदेसे। ते देहवेदणट्टा रमंति विसएसु रम्मेसु ॥1-71॥ सौख्यं स्वभावसिद्धं नास्ति सुराणामपि सिद्धमुपदेशे । ते देहवेदनार्ता रमन्ते विषयेषु रम्येषु ॥1-71॥
सामान्यार्थ - [ सुराणामपि ] देवों के भी [स्वभावसिद्धं सौख्यं] आत्मा के निज स्वभाव से उत्पन्न अतीन्द्रिय सुख [ नास्ति ] नहीं है [ 'इति'] इस प्रकार [ उपदेशे] भगवान् के परमागम में [ सिद्धं ] अच्छी तरह युक्ति से कहा है [ यतः] क्योंकि [ते] वे देव [ देहवेदनार्ताः] पञ्चेन्द्रिय-स्वरूप शरीर की पीड़ा से दु:खी हुए [ रम्येषु विषयेषु ] रमणीक इन्द्रिय विषयों में [ रमन्ते ] क्रीड़ा करते हैं।
The Doctrine expounds that even the celestial beings (devas) do not enjoy the sense-independent (atindriya), natural happiness of the soul. Tormented by the bodily craving, they amuse themselves with agreeable sensual-pleasures.
Explanatory Note: Among all worldly happiness, the kind that the celestial beings (devas), endowed with supernatural accomplishments (rddhi), enjoy is considered to be the foremost. But even that happiness is not the real happiness of the soul. In fact, it is misery; on being tormented by the bodily urge, the devas fall into the trap of sensual-pleasures. As a man tormented by strong grief commits suicide by jumping from the mountain-top, in the same way, the soul tormented by the bodily urge falls into the trap of sensual-pleasures. Therefore, sensual-pleasures are of the nature of misery. These appear to be happiness due to ignorance. Sensual-pleasures are misery but appear as either happiness or misery.
