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260 UPPER LIMIT OF THE AFFLICTIONS TO A SINGLE SELF
वेदनीये शेषाः Vedaniye śeşāḥ
(16) 16. The other afflictions are caused by feeling karmas.
Eleven afflictions have been mentioned. Those other than these are the rest. These occur on the rise of feeling karmas. Here 'occur' is understood. What are these? These afflictions are hunger, thirst, cold, heat, insect-bite, movement, uncomfortable bedding, injury, illness and cliscomforts caused by blades of grass and dirt.
The causes, definitions and divisions of the afflictions have been described. How many of these can occur simultaneously to a single self?
__एकादयो भाज्या युगपदेकस्मिन्नेकोनविंशतिः ॥ १७ ॥
Ekādayo bhājyā yugapadekasminnekonavimšatih (17) 17. The afflictions can occur simultaneously from one to nineteen.
The particle 'ān' indicates the limit. By that it is understood that sometimes even nineteen afflictions occur simultaneously. How is it? One of the two namely cold or heat, and one of the three namely bedding, sitting or walking alone can occur to any single self. How? These are opposed to one another. While lying in bed, one is not seated and one does not walk. So when these three (i. e. one of heat and cold and two of bedding, sitting and walking) are excluded, the other nineteen afflictions can occur simultaneously to the same self. How can extraordinary learning and ignorance occur to the same person at the same time, as these also are opposed to each other? But there is no inconsistency here. The affliction of extraordinary learning is with regard to scriptural knowledge and that of ignorance as regards clairvoyance etc.
· The five causes of stoppage, namely control, regulation, moral virtues, reflections and conquest of afflictions have been described. Now the causes of stoppage must be said to constitute conduct. The kinds of conduct are mentioned in the next sutra.
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