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PAÑCALINGIPRAKARAŅAM : 169
Suhapayadīo punnam
asuhão
hunti
pāvarūvā u/
Suhi-duhijanovavão
ittucciya jam samā bhūyā || 86 ||
śubhaprakstayaḥ punyam,
aśubhaḥ bhavati pāparūpāstu/
Sukhīduḥkhījanopapātaḥ,
ataeva yataḥ samāni bhūtāni || 86 ||
Pious acts earn merit and certainly,
demerit earn the impious ones | So, otherwise equal souls, too, are
seen as happy and unhappy ones || 86 || 86. (From the karmic nature point of view) the pious actions result in meritorious karmic bondage that yields pleasant consequences for the doer, and the impious actions result in the bondage of sinful karmic bondage that yields unpleasant consequences for the doer. It is for this reason that otherwise equal souls also take birth as happy or unhappy creatures. (Here, the author presents the spiritual equality and temporal inequality of all worldly living beings.)
