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प्रवचनसार
the soul (jīva) is of the nature of the soul – jīvamayī. The activity (kriyā) itself is the karma. Therefore, the soul (jīva) is not the doer (kartā) of the material-karma (dravyakarma).
Explanatory Note: The transformer (pariņāmī) is the doer (kartā) of its transformation (pariņāma); there is no distinction between the transformer (parināmī) and the transformation (pariņāma). Therefore, the transformation (pariņāma) of the soul (jīva) is the soul (jīva) itself. Since the substance (dravya) is ‘identical' (tanmaya) with the activity (kriyā) of its transformation (pariņāma), the transformation (pariņāma) of the soul (jīva) is the activity (kriyā) of the soul (jīva). The soul (jīva) performs activity (kriyā) on its own and, therefore, such activity is the karma of the soul (jīva). The transformation (pariņāma), like attachment, of the impure soul (jīva) is its activity (kriyā). The soul (jīva) becomes one with its activity (kriyā) and such activity of the soul is its bhāvakarma'. The soul (jīva), certainly, is the doer of its bhāvakarma’. When the soul is the doer of its 'bhāvakarma', it can never be the doer of the transformation of the particles of matter (pudgala) into karma - the material-karma or 'dravyakarma’. The question arises, what causes the transformation of the particles of matter (pudgala) into the material-karma - the 'dravyakarma? The transformation of the particles of matter (pudgala) is the pudgala itself since the transformer (pariņāmī) is the doer (kartā) of its transformation (pariņāma) and the transformer (pariņāmi) and the transformation (parināma) are but one. The transformation (pariņāma) of the particles of matter (pudgala) is the activity (kriyā) of the particles of matter (pudgala). The activity (kriyā) is the karma. The matter (pudgala) performs the activity (kriyā) independently. The matter (pudgala), therefore, is the doer of its transformation into the ‘dravyakarma’; it is not the doer (kartā) of the activity of the soul – the 'bhāvakarma’. From the transcendental-point-of-view (niscayanaya), the soul (jīva)
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