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THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE JAINAS.
CHAPTER. Ix.
Liberation (Moksha.) जह णाम कोवि पुरिलो बंधणियमि चिरकालपड़िवद्धो। तिव्वं मंदसहावं कालं च वियणदे तस्स ॥३०८॥ यथा नाम कश्चित्पुरुषो बंधनके चिरकालप्रतिबद्धः । तीव्र मंदस्वभावं कालं च विजानाति तस्य ॥ ३०८॥ जइ णवि कुव्वदि छेदं ण मुंचदि तेण कम्मवंधेण । कालेण वहुएणवि ण सो णरो पावदि विमोक्खं ॥ ३०६ ॥ यदि नापि करोति छेदं न मुच्यते तेन कर्मबंधेन । कालेन बहुकेनापि न स नरः प्राप्नोति विमोक्षम् ॥ ३०६ ॥
308-309. As a person, bound in shackles from a long time knows their harshness, mildness and (their) duration. If he does not break them, he is not released from Karmic bondage, and even after a long time that person does not obtain Liberation.
इय कम्मवंधणाणं पयेसपयडिहिदीयअणुभागं । जाणंतोवि ण मुंचदि मुंचदि सव्वेज जदिविसुद्धो ॥३१०॥ एवं कर्मबंधानां प्रदेशप्रकृतिस्थित्यनुभागम् । जालन्नपि न मुंचति मुंचति सर्वान् यदि विशुद्धः ॥ ३१०॥
310. Similarly, even knowing the quantity, the nature, the duration, and intensity Karniic bondage (the soul) is not liberated. If (it) becomes pure, it frees itself from all (Karmas).
Commentary.
Here is a refutation of the view that a soul which is aware of its Karmic bondage can be liberated by the mere knowledge of it. Unless one makes efforts for Liberation, he cannot be liberated, just as a person in shackles cannot be freed from his bondage merely
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