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SAMAYASĀRA
एवमेव सम्मदिट्री विसयत्तं सेवए ण कम्मरयं । तो सो ण देइ कम्मं विविहे भोए सुहप्पाए ॥२२७॥ evameva sammaditthī visayattam sevaye na kammarayam to so na dei kammam vivihe bhoe suhuppāe (227) एवमेव सम्यग्दृष्टिः विषयार्थ सेवते न कर्मरजः ।
तत्तन्न ददाति कर्म विविधान् भोगान् सुखोत्पादकान् ॥२२७॥
224 to 227. Just as whenever a person in this world, with the object of gaining his livelihood, serves his king and the king gives him by way of remuneration various pleasure-producing objects, so also the Self, in the form of an unenlightened personality with the object of securing pleasures, devotes himself in the service of karmas and the karma-raja accordingly offers him pleasure-producing things. Whenever that very person does not serve the king for his livelihood, the king does not give him various pleasure-producing object by way of remuneration. Similarly the right-believer, for the sake of sense-pleasures does not devote himself to the service of karmas and, consequently, the karma does not yield various objects as a source of enjoyment.
COMMENTARY Thus it is clear that in the case of the right-believer the karma is incapable of producing any effect.
While proceeding to describe the nature of right belief and its constituent elements, the author first states in general niśśanka or doubtlessness.
सम्मादिट्ठी जीवा णिस्संका होति णिब्भया तेण । सतभयविप्पमुक्का जम्हा तम्हा दु णिस्संका ॥२२८॥ sammāditthi jīvā nissamkā homti nibbhayā tena sattabhayavippamukka jamha tamhā du nissaṁkā (328) सम्यग्दृष्टयो जीवा निश्शङ्काः भवन्ति निर्भयास्तेन ।
सप्तभयविप्रमुक्ता यस्मात्तस्मात्तु निश्शङ्काः ॥२२८॥
228. Souls with right belief are free from doubt and therefore they are free from fear. Because they are free from seven kinds of fear, they are free from doubt.
COMMENTARY The seven fears are (1) fear relating to this life, (2) fear
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