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certainly cause injury to own soul (jiva). As the soul (jiva) entertains dispositions of attachment (rāga) and aversion (dvesa), it causes bondage of many kinds of karmas and, as consequence, is endowed again and again with the material life-essentials (prāṇa). Thus, these four life-essentials (prāna) are due to the materialkarmas.
आदा कम्ममलिमसो धारदि पाणे पुणो पुणो अण्णे । ण जहदि जाव ममत्तं देहपधाणेसु विसएस 112-5811
आत्मा कर्ममलीमसो धारयति प्राणान् पुनः पुनरन्यान् । न जहाति यावन्ममत्वं देहप्रधानेषु विषयेषु ॥2-58॥
सामान्यार्थ - [ कर्ममलीमसः ] अनादिकाल से कर्मों से मलिन जो [ आत्मा ] जीव-द्रव्य है वह तब तक [ पुनः पुनः ] पुन: पुन: [ अन्यान् ] दूसरे नवीन [प्राणान् ] प्राणों को [ धारयति ] धारण करता है [ यावत् ] जब तक कि [ देहप्रधानेषु ] शरीर है मुख्य जिनमें ऐसे [ विषयेषु ] भोगादिक विषयों में [ ममत्वं ] ममत्व बुद्धि को [ न जहाति ] नहीं छोड़ देता है।
The soul (jiva) that is soiled, since infinite time past, with karmic dirt keeps on attaining new life-essentials (prāna) so long as it does not get rid of infatuation towards the objects of the senses, own body being the principal object of the senses.
Explanatory Note: So long as the soul (jiva) does not give up infatuation towards the sense-objects, like the body, it keeps on acquiring the life-essentials (prāna) and, as a result, transmigrates in the four states of existence. The internal cause for acquiring the four life-essentials (prāna), therefore, is infatuation. The soul (jīva) must discard infatuation towards the sense-objects.
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