Dravya Sangraha

Author(s): Nemichandramuni
Publisher: Chandraprabha Digambar Jain Mandir Trust

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The Sacred Book of the Jains 55 बज्झवि कम्म जेण दु चेदणभावेण भावबंधो सो ।
कम्मादपदेसाण अण्णोणगपवेसणं इदरो ।। ३२ ।। Bajjhadi kammam jena du chedanabhavena bhavabandho so. Kammadapadesanam annonnapavesanam idaro.-(32)
Padapatha--- Jena, which manau Chedanabhavena, conscious state. *Kammam, Karma. if Bajihadi, is bound, # Sa that. Hau Bhavabandho, Bhava-bandha. & Du, but. Ha Kammadapadesanam, of the Pradesas of Karma and Atma (soul). TOUTE Annonnapavesanam, inter-penetration. Thi Idaro, the other.
32. That conscious state by which Karma is bound (with the soul) is called Bhava-bandha, while the interpenetration of the Pradesas of Karma and the soul is the other (i.c. Dravyabandha).
COMMENTARY
We have learnt in Verses 29-31 the causes, on account of which Karmas enter a soul. Nov., when there is such an influx of Karmas, there is a bondage of the soul with these Karmas. This bondage is called Bandha.
Bondage of the soul with Karmas is made by the conscious states of mind, when a soul is excited with attachment or aversion. These states of consciousness are known as Bhava-bandha. In VardhamanaPurana (Canto XVI, Verse 43) we have:
"चेतनापरिणामेन रागद्वेषमयेन च ।
येन कर्माणिवध्यन्ते भावबन्धः एव हि ॥" z. e. " That modification of consciousness consisting of attachment or aversion by which Karmas are tied to the soul ) is known as Bhava-bandha." Bhava-bandha is, therefore, the alliance of the soul with mental activities which are produced when we are excited with attachment or aversion to worldly objects.
First of all, therefore, there is an influx of Karmas, through Asravas. Then, there are some activities of consciousness which attach themselves to the soul, producing a peculiar kind of bondage. This is what we call Bhava-bandha. After this Bhava-bandha, there is a union of Jiva with actual Karmas. This union consists of the interpenetration of the soul and Karmas, and the bondage resulting from this is known as Dravya-bandha. In Vardhamana-Purana (Canto XVI, Verse 44) we have :