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Know (the bondage and consequences of kar ma experienced by) beings and see their happiness (and sufferings).
ANNOTATION 27. According to the author of the Cúrni, the purport of this aphorism is:
You should not do that which is disliked by others.
२८. तम्हा तिविज्जो परमंति णच्चा, समत्तदंसी ण करेति पावं । 28. Tamhä tivijjo para ma mti naccā, samattadansi na
kareti pāvam. 28. That is why a Trividya - (i.e. a person knowing three
sciences), after having comprehended the Supreme Reality (becomes equanimous)4. The equanimous person does not commit sin (such as indulging in violence, etc.).
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The alternate translation of this aphorism is as. follows:
Treat all beings as you do yourself. Realize the significance (of the truth) that (Just as you like) pleasure and dislike pain, so do others).
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The Author of the Curni interprets this term in tvo forms: (i) tirija, and (11) ativijja.
He states "Vijiatti he vidtan! anavā ativiji."
The author of the vrtti, however, interprets it as attivinía, It seems that the erosion of the tradition of the interpretation of the term tilvija is the Cause of resorting to separation of the conjunction between canhã and ativija. But according to one view, the text should be tiviija. The Buddhist literature has retained the tradition of its meaning in its original form. (See the annotation above). The word parama (i.e Supreme Reality) stands for truth or nirvana. The trinity Right Knowledge, Right Perception and Right Conduct being the means of achieving parama - 18 also termed as parena. The variant of sammatta (samstva) is sammatto (samyak tva). In the Aradyaka Niryukti, samyak va and amazina have been shown to be synonyms,
Samayā sammatta pasatt ha samti siva hia arian animdan ca. Adugumohlamagarahiañ anavaiiasime' vi egatthõ..
(- Avrayaka Niryukti, verse 1046: with Malyagiri's vrtti, page 575.)) If the variant sammattadanst is accepted, the translation of this aphorism would be
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