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THE SOUL DARTS UP TO THE END OF THE UNIVERSE
attaining release from all karmas. The particle 'an' denotes limit. The soul goes up to the end of the universe.
No cause has been mentioned for this upward movement. Hence how can it be determined ?
पूर्वप्रयोगादसङ्गत्वाद्वन्धच्छेदात्तथागतिपरिणामाच्च ॥६॥ Pūrvaprayogādasan gatvādbandhacchedāttathāgati parirāmācca
(6) 6. As the soul is previously impelled, as it is free from ties or attachment, as the bondage has been snapped and as it is of the nature of darting upwards.
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Though the logical reason is complete, yet it is not effective in establishing the intended idea without illustrations. Hence the next sutra.
आविद्धकुलालचक्रवद्यपगतलेपालाबुवदेरण्डबीजवदग्निशिखावञ्च ॥ ७ ॥ Aviddhakulālacakravadi yapagatalepālābuvaderanda
bijavadagniśikhālacca 7. Like the potter's wheel, the gourd devoid of mud, the shell of the castor-seed and the flame of the candle.
The instances respectively illustrate the four logical reasons mentioned in the previous sutra. It is as follows. The potter's wheel revolves by the operation of the hand of the potter and the stick on the wheel. And even when the hand and the stick cease to operate, the wheel continues to revolve until the impetus is exhausted. Similarly, the self in mundane existence makes several efforts for attaining liberation. And even in the absence of these, the liberated soul darts up on account of the former impetus. Moreover, the self is free from attachment. For instance, a gourd coated with clay goes under water because of the heaviness. But when the coating of clay is washed off by water, the gourd becomes light and comes up to the surface of the water. Similarly, the self pressed down by the burden of karmas wanders indefinitely in mundano existence, being affected by it. But, on being freed from this association with karmas, it shoots up. Moreover, it breaks loose from confinement. Just as the castor-seed on breaking loose from confinement inside the fruit bursts out, so also the
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