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of the subdivisions of Karman is also infinite); the number of atoms in all these (subdivisions) exceeds (the number) of all souls. (24)
Therefore a wise man should know the different subdivisions of these Karmans, and should exert himself to prevent and to destroy them. (25)
Thus I say.
THIRTY-FOURTH LECTURE.
| ON LÊNYA ?.
I shall deliver in due order the Lecture on Lêsyâ; hear the nature of the six Lêsyâs (produced by) Karman. (1)
1 Anubhaga, explained karmarasavisesha.
? The lêsyâs (adhyava saya visêshã h) are different conditions produced in the soul by the influence of different Karman; they are therefore not dependent on the nature of the soul, but on the Karman which accompanies the soul, and are, as it were, the reflection of the Karman on the soul, as stated in the following verse from the Avakûri: krishnâdidravyasâkivyât parinâmô ya âtmanahspatikasyêva tatrayam lêsyâsabdah pravartate 1 "The alteration produced on the soul, just as on a crystal by the presence of black things, &c., is denoted by the word lê sya.' The Lêsyâ, or, according to the above explanation, what produces Lê syâ, is a subtile substance accompanying the soul; to it are attributed the qualities described in this lecture.—The word lêsâ is derived from klesa; this etymology appears rather fanciful, but I think it may be right. For the Lêsyâs seem to be the Klêsas, which affect the soul, conceived as a kind of substance. The Sanskrit term Lesyâ is of course a hybrid word. It must, however, be stated that lêsâ occurs also in the meaning colour,' e.g. Sätrakrit. I, 6, 13, and that the Prâkrit of klêsa is kilêsa.
