Samayasara

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

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THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE JAINAS.
110.
Whatever attribute (is) in whatever substance, that (attribute) certainly is not changed into another (attribute of another) substance. That (attribute) not changing into another, how can it cause to modify that other substance?
Commentary.
Each substance is quite separate from another, and so all the attributes of a substance are separate from those of another sub. stance. The common quality of individuality (agurulaghu) inherent in each substance prevents this change from one attribute or substance into another attribute or substance. Thus soul cannot modify matter, nor can matter modify the soul. All modifications of soul belong to soul's own attributes; while those of matter to matter only.
They may be auxiliary causes for each other's modifications, so long as souls are in bondage of material Karmas. But from the real point of view, soul is neither the root nor the auxiliary cause of material modification or of impure thought-activities.
दव्वगुणस्स य आदा ण कुरादि गुग्गलमयह्निकम्मी । तं उभयमकुव्र्वतो तम्हि कहं तस्स सो कत्ता ॥ १११ ॥ द्रव्यगुणस्य च आत्मा न करोति पुलमयकर्माणि । तदुभयमकुर्वे स्तस्मिन्कथं तस्य स कर्त्ता ॥ १११ ॥
111. The soul does not cause nature of substance or attribute in material Karmas; not causing these two in that (matter), how he (can be) the doer of that (Karma).
Commentary.
It is a well-established proposition that all actions are caused by primary causes. Really actions are only modifications of the substances, i.e., of their attributes. The soul is a conscious and immaterial substance, and therefore quite distinct from matter which is a non-conscious and material substance. Neither matter can be the cause of producing the soul or any modification in the soul's attributes, nor can the soul be the cause of originating matter or making any modification in its attributes. Therefore the soul cannot become the prime doer of Karmic molecules or their natures, nor of physical bodies, such as pots, clothes and other