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## Translation:
178.
Explaining the six substances and five astikayas, the karma-kanda, which is the action of mind, speech, and body, has resulted in the accumulation of knowledge-obscuring karma and other karmas in the past. The one who experiences this karma, which has arisen, through action, is the jiva. Who is the doer? The jiva is the doer. He performs the action of the jiva, the transformation of the jiva. He is the doer of that action. The jiva is the doer of the karma-tapatra, the result of the transformation of raga, etc., through the impure determination of the jiva, which is the cause of that action. This is the meaning of the statement in the scriptures, "The jiva is the doer." ||57||
The jiva is the doer and the experiencer, because he is not free from the perception of raga, etc., which is born of karma, and the perception of his own pure self. This is the main point of the explanation of the verse.
**Hindi Meaning:**
Verse 57: Now, the third point is being discussed. In the first verse of this section, it is said that the jiva is the doer of raga, etc. In the second verse, it is said that the arisen karma performs the action of raga, etc. Thus, there are two independent verses. Then, in the first verse, it is said that if the arisen karma is the only doer of raga, etc., then the jiva would become completely inactive. The second verse refutes this objection. Thus, the verses are mainly about the previous objection and its solution. Then, in the first verse, the statement of the scriptures is shown that the jiva is not the doer of the pudgala karma. In the second verse, the relationship between the jiva and karma is explained, and the six karakas are established. Thus, there are two independent verses in the third section. In this way, there are six verses in the third section, which mainly focus on the doership.
**Anvaya:**
(Karma) Karma, (vedayamanah) experiencing, (jivah) this jiva, (jarisayam) in the way, (bhavam) the state, (karedi) performs, (sah) that jiva, (tena) because of that, (tassah) of that state, (kartah) the doer, (havaditti yah) is, (sasane) in the Jain scriptures, (padhidam) is explained!
**Special Meaning:**
The soul, which is free from attachment and full of supreme bliss, and which delights in the vast and unbroken knowledge-kanda, does not experience its own nature. Instead, it engages in the action of mind, speech, and body, which is the karma-kanda. As a result, the jiva has accumulated knowledge-obscuring karma and other karmas in the past. When these karmas arise, the jiva experiences them and performs actions like raga, etc. Because of this impure determination, the jiva becomes the doer of that impure state. This is stated in the scriptures. ||57||