Samayasara

Author(s): Kundkundacharya, J L Jaini
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown

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THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE JAINAS.
णवि परिणमदिण गिलदि उप्पज्जदि ण परदव्वपज्जाए। गाणी जाणंतो वि हु पुग्गलकम्म अणेय विहं ॥८२॥ नापि परिणमति न गृह्णात्युत्पद्यते न परद्रव्यपर्याये। . ज्ञानी जानन्नपि खलु पुद्गलकर्मानेकविधम् ॥ ८२॥
82. And the knower (Himself) certainly knowing material Karmas of many kinds neither modifies, nor assimilates, nor is transformed into the form of non-selfsubstance.
Commentary. The possessor of right knowledge knows the soul's character, it not being the doer of deeds. Material Karmas flow into an embodied soul by themselves, having found an auxiliary cause in the vibrations and passions which already exist in the mundane soul. The root cause of Karmic bondage is matter of Karmic molecules. The material Karma itself modifies into Karmic bondage and is assimi. lated by old Karmic bondage existing in a mundane soul. Soul being immaterial does not modify itself in any way into the mate. rial Karmas. The right-knower understands all kinds of activities of matter and believes that soul cannot acquire any attributes which are special to matter. In mundane life soul has vibrations and passions due to past Karmas. They become only an auxiliary cause for the inflow and bondage of fresh Karmic matter. In the pure nature of soul there are neither vibrations nor passions. So from the pure real standpoint, soul is neither the root nor the auxiliary cause of Karmic bondage. A right-believer, fixing his thought on this real standpoint, realises himself as not being the doer of any actions which are non-self, but knows that he is the knower, devoid of all attachment whatsoever. णवि परिणमदि ण गिलदि उप्पज्जदि ण परदव्व पज्जाए। णाणी जाणंतो विहु सगपरिणामं अणेय विहं ॥८३॥
नापि परिणमति न गृह्णात्युत्पद्यते न परद्रव्यपर्याये । ज्ञानी जानन्नपि खलु स्वकपरिणाममनेकविधम् ॥८३॥
83. And certainly the knower, knowing his own thought-activity of many kinds, neither modifies, nor assimi