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प्रवचनसार
modes are not due to the activity of the soul that is not in its natural-state (svabhāva). These definitely are due to the activity of the soul in its unnatural state (caused by its association with the matter). The activity with excellent conduct-withoutattachment (vītarāga) does not yield fruit of states of existence like the human or the infernal being, but, certainly, the activity with attachment (rāga) is not without fruit.
Explanatory Note: No mode (paryāya) or state of existence in this world is permanent. The soul, due to its association with the matter, evolves into various states of existence. These states of existence are the fruits of the activity of the soul that is mired, since infinite time past, with imperfections like attachment (rāga) and aversion (dveşa). The states of existence, such as the human or the infernal being, are the results of the activity of the impure soul. As the atoms with qualities of greasiness (snigdha) or roughness (rūkşa) combine together to form molecules, similarly, the activity of the soul that has imperfections [of delusion (moha), attachment (rāga) etc.] must result in states of existence, such as the human or the infernal being. It is true that the activity with excellent conduct-without-attachment (vītarāga) does not yield fruit of the states of existence like the human or the infernal being, but the activity associated with imperfections like attachment, certainly, results in fruit of different states of existence. As the atoms that do not possess qualities of greasiness or roughness do not combine to form molecules, similarly, the activity with supreme conduct
thout-attachment (vītarāga) does not result in the worldly states of existence. Only the activity that is associated with delusion (moha), attachment (rāga), and aversion (dveşa) is the cause of transmigration. The activity that is without delusion, attachment, and aversion is the own-nature (svabhāva) of the soulsubstance (jīvadravya); such activity is the supreme ‘dharma'that results in the end of transmigration.
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