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Chapter - 10
Samayasāra teristic of the worldly life. The soul, afflicted with affective consciousness, continues activities from which pleasure results and discontinues those from which the pain results. This affective consciousness and the experience of pleasure and pain-karma and karmaphala cetanā-constitute the very seed for the worldly existence and the unending cycles of rebirths
In these verses, the author identifies the twofold affective consciousness as the real cause of the cyclic bondage of eight species of karma, which, in turn, is the causal condition of worldly existence (samsāra). Thus, the eradication of the duo of nescient consciousness (aināna cetanā) is essential for ending the cycles of rebirths and attaining emancipation. In order to get rid of the nescient consciousness, the first step that is necessary is spiritual conviction that the soul is neither the actor/producer (kartā) of the karma etc. nor the enjoyer (bhoktā) of the fruits of these actions. Once this conviction dawns upon the soul, it renounces all karma or action and abstains from all karmaphala or the fruits of actions. The ultimate eradication of the perverted consciousness-ajñāna cetanāresults in the realization of pure and perfect consciousness-suddha jñānu cetanā of knowledge which is its characteristic.
The Infallible Criterion for Pure Knowledge
सत्थं णाणं ण हवदि जम्हा सत्थं ण याणदे किंचि।
तम्हा अण्णं णाणं अण्णं सत्थं जिणा विति॥८३ ॥ sattham ņānam na havadi jamhā sattham na yānade kimci. tamhū anņam ņāņam aņņam sattham jiņā viņii..83
सद्दो णाणं ण हवदि जम्हा सद्दो ण याणदे किंचि।
तम्हा अण्णं णाणं अण्णं सदं जिणा विंति॥८४॥ saddo ņāņam na havadi jamhā saddo na yānade kimci. tamhā annam ņāņam annam saddam jīņā vimti..84
रूवं णाणं ण हवदि जम्हा रूवं ण याणदे किंचि।
तम्हा अण्णं णाणं अण्णं रूवं जिणा विंति॥८५॥ rūvam ņāņam na havadi jamhā rūvam na yāṇade kimci.
tamhā annam ņānam annam rūvam jiņā viņti..85 वण्णो णाणं ण हवदि जम्हा वण्णो ण याणदे किंचि। तम्हा अण्णं णाणं अण्णं वण्णं जिणा विंति॥८६॥
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