Samayasara

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

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THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE JAINAS.
ing. People say that the king is fighting. Really speaking it is wrong ; only his men are fighting. Similarly material Karmas are modified by matter only. As soul has association with matter, so it is called the causer of Karmic bondage only from the practical point of view. उप्पादेदि करेदि य बंधदि परिणामएदि गिरहदि य ।
आदा पुग्गलदव्यं ववहारणयस्य वत्तव्यं ॥ ११४॥ उत्पादयति करोति च बध्नाति परिणामयति गृह्णाति च । प्रात्मा पुदगलद्रव्धं व्यवहारन यस्य वक्तव्यम् ॥ ११४ ॥
114. The soul produces, causes, binds, causes to modify and assimilate Karmic matter. (This) is (so), speaking from the practical standpoint.
___ Commentary. All modifications of Karmic bondage affect the spatial units of the soul, without the soul being the primary cause; therefore the practical standpoint ascribes all these material activities to the soul, A right-believer understands this fact clearly..
जह राया क्वहारा दोसगुणुप्पादगोत्ति बालविदो। तह जीवो ववहाना दव्यशुमाप्पादगो भणिदो ॥ ११५॥ यथा राजा व्यवहारेण दोषगुणोत्पादक इत्यालपितः। तथा जीवो व्यवहाराव्यगुणोत्पादको भणितः ॥ ११५ ॥
115. As the King, from the practical standpoint, is said to be the producer of ‘Vices and Virtues' (in the subjects. So the soul, from the practical standpoint, is said to be the producer of the modifications of matter (i.e., merit and demerit).
Commentary.
If a foreigner visits a country, and finds the people honest, gentle and contented, he speaks well of the King, and if he finds them dishonest, bad and distressed, he ascribes their condition to the King. Similarly the soul is called the binder of good and bad Karmas from the practical standpoint. Just as a ruler is the auxiliary cause of good or bad Government and administration :