Prasamrati Prakarana

Author(s): Umaswati, Umaswami, Mahesh Bhogilal, V M Kulkarni
Publisher: Nita M Bhogilal & Others

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Praśamarati
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29. Greed is the dwelling place of all the evils, and is the royal road to all the vices. How can he who has entered the mouth of Greed, even for a moment, find anything except tension and pain all around ?
30. Thus, Anger, Pride, Deceit and Greed, being the prime cause of all pain, put all beings on the perilous path leading to the cycles of births and deaths.
31. The Pair - of Mamakāra ("mineness”, “it is mine”), and Ahamkāra (“I - ness," "I am") are the roots of these four; and the same Pair is also known as Rāga (attachment) and Dveșa (aversion)
32. In brief, the Pair of Deceit and Greed is called Attachment; and the Pair of Anger and Pride is called Aversion.
33. The armed forces of Rāga (attachment) and Dveșa (Aversion) are fourfold; 1) The wrong faith, belief and vision (called Mithyātva) 2) By not taking the appropriate vows, not stopping from sinning (called Avirati) 3) Indulgence in a) the senses and their objects, b) Sleep and c) the wrong kinds of talks and tales (all these together are called Pramāda; and 4) The (improper) activities of thought, speech, action (called Yoga). With the help of these, Rāga and Dveșa become the cause of the bondage of the Ātman by the Karma particles.
34. The Karmas are of eight types : 1) That which does not allow the knowledge with distincition to come about (Jñānāvaraṇīya); 2) That which does not allow the knowledge without distinction to come about (Darśanāvaraṇīya); 3) That which gives either pain or pleasure (Vedaniya); 4) That which creates delusion (Mohanīya); 5) That which determines the span of life Āyus); 6) That which determines the nature of one's body, beauty etc. (Nāma); 7) That which leads to a high or low birth (Gotra); and finally 8) That which puts obstacles in the activities