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**Description of the Six Substances and Five Astikayas**
**Hindi Commentary Verse 60 Anvayaartha (Meaning; Karma is the cause of the state of being)**
The state of being is caused by karma (again) and (karma is the cause of the state of being) the state of being is the cause of karma, (but they are not the doers of each other) but in reality, they are not the doers of each other, (nor are they without a doer) but they are not without a doer either.
**Commentary:** This, in the previous sutra (verse 59), is the principle that resolves the previous objection.
Due to the fact that they are only causes, karma is the doer of the state of being (the doer of the state of being like the state of being of the audayika, etc. is the karma of the substance), the state of being is also the doer of karma, but in reality, neither karma is the doer of the state of being nor is the state of being the doer of karma. They (the state of being and the karma of the substance) are not without a doer either, because in reality, the jiva is the doer of the jiva's transformations and karma (pudgala) is the doer of the karma's transformations. ||60||
... **Sanskrit Meaning Commentary Verse 60**
Now, in the previous sutra, the previous objection was raised, saying that the self is not the doer of karma. This verse gives a refutation of that objection. In the second explanation, it shows the established view. The state of being is the pure jiva astikaya, which is the opposite of the state of being, which is the result of false attachment, etc. What is it characterized by? Karma is the cause - the karma that arises from the pure self-nature, which is characterized by the mere wonder of consciousness, without the rise of karma, is the cause of that which is the opposite of it. What is karma? Karma is the karma of the substance, which is different from the pure self-essence, without the karma of knowledge-obstruction, etc. Again, what is it like? The state of being is the cause - the state of being that is the opposite of the pure self-realization, which is without transformation, is the cause of that which is the cause of the state of being. Not - not again, of them - of the two, the state of being of attachment, etc. in the jiva and the karma of the substance. What is not? The doer - the mutual dependence of the doer, clearly, not without - not without. They are born - they are born, but again, the substance and karma are. Without whom? Without the doer, the dependent doer, but the state of being of attachment, etc. in the jiva is the dependent doer of the jiva, and the karma of the substance is the karma of the pudgala, which is not fit for the category of karma. In the second explanation, although the jiva is not the doer in the pure sense, but when considered in the impure sense, it is the doer, this is the meaning. ||60||
Thus, in the previous verse, in the first explanation, there was the previous objection and then the answer to it, so those two verses have passed.
**Hindi Meaning Commentary Verse 60 Utyanika:**
Further, in the previous sutra, the previous objection was raised, saying that the self is not the doer of karma. This verse refutes that objection. From the second explanation, it shows the limits of the object.
**Anvaya with General Meaning:** (The state of being) the state of being of attachment, etc. (karma is the cause) is caused by karma.