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PERCEPTION-OBSCURING AND FEELING KARMAS
: : Cakşuracakşuravadhi kevalānām nidrānidrānidro
pracalāpracalapracalāstyānagrddhayaśca (7) 7. The four karmas that cover ocular perception, nonocular intuition, clairvoyant perception and perfect perception, sleep, deep sleep, drowsiness (sleep in sitting posture), heavy drowsiness (intense sleep in sitting posture) and somnambulism (committing cruel deeds in sleep) are the nine subtypes of perception-covering karmas.
Ocular, non-ocular, clairvoyant and perfect refer to the kinds of perception-covering karmas-ocular-perception-covering, non-ocular-perception covering, clairvoyant-perceptioncovering and perfect-perception-covering. Sleep is intended to remove the effect of intoxication, fatigue and languor. More and more (intense) sleep is deep sleep. That, which makes a person nod his head while sitting, is drowsiness. It is caused by distress, weariness from exertion or strain, intoxication, etc., and it induces sudden movement of the head, the eyes and the body even while sitting. More and more of it is heavy drowsinoss. Among the several meanings of the verb 'styāyali' the meaning of 'slumber' is taken and for 'grddhi' 'strive after'. That, which causes the person to do plenty of wicked activity in his sleep, is somnambulism. Perception-covering is taken with sleep etc. Sleep-perception-covering, deep sleep-perception-covering and so on. That is sleep, deep sleep, etc. are kinds of perception-covering karmas. The subdivisions of the third species of karma are des bribed.
सदसद्वद्ये Sada sadvedye
(8) 8. The two karmas which cause pleasant feeling and unpleasant feeling respectively are the two subtypes of feelingproducing karmas.
On the rise of one of these, sensuous and mental pleasures in the celestial and other states of existence are obtained, and it is called auspicious feeling-producing karma. The rise of the other causes sufferings of many kinds, and it is called inauspicious feeling-producing karma.
The subdivisions of the fourth species are described next.
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