Prasamrati Prakarana

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

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Prasamarati
39. When the Karmas come to fruition then the Jīva (Being) has to take birth in one of the four worlds (Bhavagati). Bhavagati is the main cause of the formation of the body, which in its turn forms the senses. The senses are capable of experiencing the sense - objects. Because of coming into contact with those sense-objects, which are perceived as pleasing, there is the experience of Sukha (pleasure and happiness), and when the sense objects are preceived as not pleasing there is the experience of duḥkha (pain or misery).
40. That (Jīva who has an aversion towads pain, and who craves for pleasure, and who because of this, is deluded, is therefore "blind". Such a Jīva therefore, does not clearly see what is good and bad. Thus whatever activity (of thought, speech and action) he does, by the very activity, he gets pain!
41. He, whose heart gets wrapped up in the objects pleasing to the sense of hearing - such as the sweet and melodious notes of divine music and the strains of the accompanying instruments, and the jingling sounds of the jewellery and other decorations that women wear then, he like the deer, (who by getting attracted to the music played by the hunter) is surely destroyed.
42. He, who gets entangled in beholding the objects pleasing to the eyes such as the sensuous movements of a woman, the shapes of her limbs, here amorous laughter and twitching of eyes during love-play-then, he like the butterfly, (who being bewitched by its beauty, jumps into the burning lamp), is surely consumed
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43. He, who gets bewitched by the objects pleasing to the sense of smell - such as perfumed baths, sweet smelling incenses and joss-sticks, creams and things to perfume the body, clothes and possessions then, he, like the hornet (who gets trapped by being lost in the sweet aroma of the lotus when it closes at eventide),