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CHAPTER - II
Pondering over the Nature of the World
2. 1
Bhāsyam Sūtra 1
je gune se mulatṭhāne, je mulatthāne se gune.
The sensual object is the basic source (of greed), the basic source of greed is the sensual object.
SECTION 1
In this chapter, the reflection is concentrated on the nature of loka, that is, greed which is a kind of passion of possessiveness. The sensuous objects are mainly the cause of greed. This is indicated in introspective sūtra, namely, what is sensum is the root cause. Sensum means the sensual object. The root cause means the ultimate base.1 The sensual objects alone are the causes of greed, etc. Here the effect is identical with the cause. What is sensum is the root cause and what is the root cause is the sensum.2
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Thus the sensual objects are identified with greed of which the former is the cause. It is not possible to give up greed unless one gives up the sensual objects. Thus, the meditational concentration on the nature of the sensual objects has been considered here. This sūtra is composed in the vice-versa style.
2.2
iti se gunatthi mahatā pariyāvenam vase pamatte — māyā me, piyā me, bhāyā me, bhainī me, bhajjā me, puttā me, dhūyā me, sunhã me, sahisayaṇa-samgam tha-sam thuyā me, vivittovagaraṇa-pariyattana-bhoyaṇa-acchāyaṇam me, iccattham gadhie loe-vase pamatte.
In this way, the person desirous of sensual objects pine for them being non-vigilant. He is stupefied in worldly life lamenting:
तुलसी प्रज्ञा अंक 120-121
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