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Pravacanasāra
जदि संति हि पुण्णाणि य परिणामसमुब्भवाणि विविहाणि । जणयंति विसयतण्हं जीवाणं देवदंताणं 1-74॥
यदि सन्ति हि पुण्यानि च परिणामसमुद्भवानि विविधानि । जनयन्ति विषयतृष्णां जीवानां देवतान्तानाम् ॥1-74॥
सामान्यार्थ - [यदि] जो [ हि ] निश्चय से [विविधानि ] नाना-प्रकार के [पुण्यानि च ] पुण्य [ परिणामसमुद्भवानि ] वे शुभोपयोगरूप परिणामों से उत्पन्न [ सन्ति ] हैं [ देवतान्तानाम् ] तो वे स्वर्गवासी देवों तक [ जीवानां] सब संसारी जीवों के [ विषयतृष्णां ] विषयों की अत्यंत अभिलाषा को [ जनयन्ति ] उत्पन्न करते हैं।
Certainly, the souls engaged in auspicious-cognition (śubhopayoga) earn various forms of merit (punya); however, such merit generates in the beings, up to the celestial beings, intense craving for the sensual-pleasures.
Explanatory Note: Without doubt, the auspicious-cognition (Subhopayoga) earns merit (punya) and merit is the cause of superior states of existence, full of craving for sensual-pleasures. Wherever there is craving, there is misery; to subdue craving one indulges in the sensual-pleasures. Without craving, the leech would not indulge in the drinking of the contaminated blood. Similarly, without craving, the worldly beings would not indulge in the sensual-pleasures. Therefore, merit (punya) is the birthplace of craving.
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