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Aptamīmāṁsā
Fault in accepting that causing pain and pleasure to oneself must necessarily result into merit and demerit:
पुण्यं ध्रुवं स्वतो दुःखात् पापं च सुखतो यदि । वीतरागो मुनिर्विद्वांस्ताभ्यां युङ्ग्यान्निमित्ततः ॥१३॥
सामान्यार्थ - यदि अपने को दुःख देने से पुण्य का बन्ध निश्चित रूप से होता है और अपने को सुख देने से पाप का बन्ध निश्चित रूप से होता है तो वीतराग (कषाय-रहित) और विद्वान् मुनिजनों को भी (पुण्य और पाप-रूप) कर्म-बन्ध होना चाहिये क्योंकि वे भी अपने सुख और दुःख की उत्पत्ति के निमित्त-कारण होते हैं।
If it be maintained that causing pain to oneself must necessarily result into bondage of merit (punya) and that causing pleasure to oneself must necessarily result into bondage of demerit (pāpa) then, being the instrumental cause of pain and pleasure to oneself, those free from all attachment (vītarāga), and learned ascetics must also suffer bondage (of karmas involving merit and demerit).
Ācārya Umāsvāmi's Tattvārthasūtra:
शुभः पुण्यस्याशुभः पापस्य ॥६-३॥ Virtuous activity is the cause of merit (punya) and wicked
activity is the cause of demerit (pāpa). Ācārya Pujyapada’s Sarvārthasiddhi
What is good and what is evil? Killing, stealing, copulation, etc. are wicked activities of the body. Falsehood, harsh and uncivil language are wicked speech-activities. Thoughts of violence, envy, calumny, etc. are wicked thought-activities. The
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