________________
66
MOKSHA MARG PRAKASHAK
senses persists; due to which, getting perturbed, the Jiva is suffering from misery. So much is the misery that even for knowing and enjoying a single object he is not evenafraid of death. As an elephant has vehement desire of embracing the artificial female elephant, the fish of tasting of meat attached with the fisherman's stick, the bee of enjoying the smell of lotus flower, the moths of seeing the colour of lighted lamp and the deer of hearing the melody (of music) due to which even if instant death be sensed yet they are not afraid of it. On one hand death was sure if the objects were enjoyed and on the other hand misery of senses was felt to be greater if the objects were not enjoyed. Being afflicted from the agony of these senses, all Jivas irrationally plunge into the objects of senses just as some miserable person jumps from the top of the mountain. Jivas earn wealth by undergoing several types of pains, spend it for- obtaining the objects of senses and for the acquisition of those objects they knowingly go even to such places where death is sure to occur. They also indulge into the acts of injury, etc. and involve into passions of anger, etc.
What can they do? The pang of the senses becomes unbearable; hence no other idea comes to their mind. The Indras (celestial beings) etc. are also afflicted from this pang. They too are found very much engrossed in the objects of the senses. Just as a person afflicted from eczema rubs the affected part engrossedly; if there be no pain why would he rub; similarly, the (celestial beings) etc. afflicted from the sensual disease, indulge engrossedly in the objects of senses. If there be no pain why would they indulge in sensual objects ? Such is the sensual knowledge produced by Kshayopashama of JnanavaranaDasshanavarana karmas. It acts as a cause of misery owing to Nimitta (association) of Mithya Darshan (wrong belief), etc. in association with desire.
Now, the means that this Jiva adopts for getting rid of miseries, is being explained : With the understanding that “My desire will be fulfilled by enjoying the objects through senses”, he firstly strengthens the senses by taking different types of meals, etc. and knows thus only that if the senses are strong he will have more power of enjoying the objects. Moreover, various external causes are required there; he
tries to acquire them. Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only
www.jainelibrary.org