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SAMAYASĀRA
cannot be approached by inferential knowledge either. Hence śuddha-jiva is said to be alimga-grahaņa, not approached by inference. In the organic world jīva is always found in association with its characteristic body. These characteristic bodies are classified according to their various shapes which are called sansthānas. Since these shapes of the organic body are entirely determined by the physical structure, they are purely bodily qualities and cannot be transferred to the Self associated with body. Hence the Self is without definite shape or structure. In short the pure Self whose intrinsic nature is cetanā is entirely different from the whole external world and hence the characteristics of the external world cannot be predicated of the Self. It is entirely devoid of the physical qualities of colour, taste, etc., it is also devoid of the characteristics of the other external entities such as space, time, etc. Resting on its own intrinsic nature, infinite knowledge, infinite vision, and infinite bliss, the pure Self is not to be associated with the various varṇāśrama distinctions such as Brāhmaṇa, Kşatriya, etc., since these distinctions rest on the birth of the body. It is not only distinct from the characteristics of the external world, it also remains distinct from the various inner psychic qualities which are produced by its association with acetana material environment. Neither the characteristics of the material world nor the indirect effect of the same can rightly be associated with the Pure Self.
जीवस्स पत्थि वण्णो णवि गंधो णवि रसो वि य फासो।
णवि रूवं ण सरीरं वि संठाणं ण संहणणं ॥५०॥ jivassa ņatthi vanno ņavi gand ho navi raso navi ya phāso navi rūvam ņa sarīrań navi samthāņań ņa samhaņaņam (50)
जीवस्य नास्ति वर्णों नापि गन्धो नापि रसो नापि च स्पर्शः ।
नापि रूपं न शरीरं नापि संस्थानं न संहननम् ॥५०॥ 50. In the (pure) soul there is no colour, no smell, no taste, no touch, no visible form, no body, no bodily shape and no skeletal structure.
जीवस्स णत्थि रागो णवि दोसो व विज्जदे मोहो। णो पच्चया ण कम्मं णोकम्मं चावि से त्थि ॥५१॥
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