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SAMAYASÁRA
a spectator of the various processes by which the material particles get transformed into karmic particles. One who knows these material changes and the nature of the pure Self, who is only a spectator of these changes is the real Jñāni, the Knower par excellence.
जं भावं सुहमसुहं करेदि आदा स तस्स खलु कत्ता । तं तस्स होदि कम्मं सो तस्स दु वेदगो अप्पा ॥१०२॥ jam bhāvaṁ suhamasuhan karedi ādā sa tassa khalu kattā tam tassa hodi kammam so tassa du vedago appa (102) यं भावं शुभमशुभं करोत्यात्मा स तस्य खलु कर्ता ।
तत्तस्य भवति कर्म स तस्य तु वेदक जात्मा ॥१०२॥
102. Of whatever psychic disposition, good or bad, the Self is produced he is certainly the (substantive) cause. That disposition becomes his karma or action and the Self enjoys the fruits thereof.
COMMENTARY
Psychic disposition or bhāva is of three kinds. śubha bhāva, aśubha bhāva, and suddha bhāva, good disposition, bad disposition, and pure desposition beyond good and evil. The first two are the characteristics of the empirical Self which is subject to karmic bondage, and the third refers to the Self in his pristine purity. Subha bhāva is associated with virtuous conduct or punya, and aśubha bhāva is associated with evil or papa. The former may lead to happiness and the latter to misery. The third being beyond good and evil, transcends the worldly pleasure or pain and implies eternal bliss, characteristic of the transcendental Self. The psychic disposition both good and evil are modifications in the empirical Self, according to its ethical nature. Whether the Self be good or bad, it can only manifest in corresponding psychic dispositions and have nothing to do with karmic material modifications.
The author next explains the reasons why the Self cannot be the causal agent producing modifications in alien things.
जो जझि गुणो दव्वे सो अण्णम्हि दुण संकमदि दवे । सो भण्णमसंकंतो कह तं परिणामए दव्वं ॥१३॥
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