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અધ્યાત્મતત્ત્વાલેાક.
अहिंसा ।
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तत्र तावदहिंसां व्याचिकीर्षुहिंसां स्पष्टयति
एकान्ततोऽभिन्नतया शरीर - शरीरिणौ सम्भवतो न युक्तौ । परो भवः कस्य हि जाघटीतु नाशे शरीरस्य शरीरिनाशात् ! ||७||
नाप्येवमेकान्तपृथक्त्वमङ्गाङ्गिनोर्विचाराध्वनि सञ्चरिष्णु । एवं हि हिंसा नहि सम्भवित्री हते शरीरेऽपि शरीरभाजः ||८|| मेधाविनस्तत्प्रतियन्ति देहाद् विभिन्नमप्यङ्गभूतं कथञ्चित् । संयोगतोऽभिन्नमतोऽङ्गनाशे या स्याद् व्यथा तां प्रवदन्ति हिंसाम् ॥ ९॥
It does not stand to reason to say that the body and the embodied soul are absolutely connected, be-. cause if we suppose the soul perishing with the body, the existence of the other world remains unaccounted for.
Neither can it be reasonably maintained that the soul and the body are absolutely separate, because then there will be no Himsa even if the body of a living being be destroyed.
The wise persons therefore believe that the soul, though distinct from the body has come somehow or other to be encased in it and that this relation brings about an identity between them. Hence the pain caused by hurting the body or by the loss of body is called ( Himsā ) injury. ( 7-8-9 )
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