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CHAPTER III
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The author emphasises the same point by citing a popular illustration,
जोधेहि कदे जुद्धे राएण कदं ति जप्पदे लोगो।
तह ववहारेण कदं णाणावरणादि जीवेण ॥१०६॥ jodehim kade juddhe rãeņa kadam ti jappade logo taha vavahāreņa kadam nāņāvaraņādi jiveņa (106)
योधैः कृते युद्धे राज्ञा कृतमिति जल्पते लोकः ।
तथा व्यवहारेण कृतं ज्ञानावरणादि जीवेन ॥१०६॥ 106. When a war is waged by warriors, ordinary people say that the king is engaged in war, from the practical point of view Similarly jñānāvaraniya, etc., is said to be produced by the jiva or Self.
COMMENTARY
Karmas like jñānāvaranżya are the result of the operations of karmic materials. The Self or ātmā is not directly responsible for these operations and yet he is spoken of as the causal agent producing these karmas. This statement is purely from the practical standpoint, and hence it should not be taken to be true from the absolute point of view. The practical point of view is explained by a simile which is obvious.
उप्पादेदि करेदि य बंधदि परिणामएदि गिण्हदि य ।
आदा पोग्गल दव्वं ववहारणयस्स वत्तव्वं ॥१०७॥ uppādedi karedi ya bandhadi pariņāmaedi giņhadi ya ada poggaladavvaṁ vavahāraņayassa vattavvaṁ (107)
उत्पादयति करोति च बध्नाति परिणमयति गृह्णाति च ।
आत्मा पुद्गलद्रव्यं व्यवहारनयस्य वक्तव्यम् ॥१०७॥ 107. It is stated from the practical point of view that the Self produces, shapes, binds, causes to modify, and assimilates (karmic) matter.
COMMENTARY
Utpadayati implies the different formations of the different types of karmic matter out of the material particles suitable to such formations.
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