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CHAPTER VII
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बंधोपभोगनिमित्तेषु अध्यवसानोदयेषु ज्ञानिनः ।
संसारदेहविषयेषु नैवोत्पद्यते रागः ॥२१७॥ 217. The psychic states conditioned by saṁsāra lead to bondage while the psychic states conditioned by the body lead to enjoyment. Hence in the true knower, no desire for these is produced.
COMMENTARY Psychic states are of two kinds, one pertaining to saṁsāra that is the empirical world of things and persons, and the other pertaining to one's own body. The former results in bondage since it is conditioned by the emotions like desire, aversion and delusion. The latter leads to enjoyment either pleasurable or painful. The knowing Self is therefore without any attachment to any of these.
णोणी रागप्पजहो सव्वदन्वेसु कम्ममज्झगदो ।
णो लिप्पदि कम्मरएण दु कद्दममज्झे जहा कणयं ॥२१८॥ ņāni rāgappajaho savvadavvesu kammamajjhagado no lippadi kammaraena du kaddamamajjhe jaha kanayam (218)
ज्ञानी रागप्रहायः सर्वद्रव्येषु कर्ममध्यगतः । नो लिप्यते कर्मरनसा तु कर्दममध्ये यथा कनकम् ॥२१८॥
अण्णाणी पुण रत्तो सव्वसदव्वेसु कम्ममज्झगदो। लिप्पदि कम्मरएण दु कद्दममज्झे जहा लोहं ॥२१॥ annāņi puna ratto savvadavvesu kammamajjhgado lippadi kammaraeņa du kaddamamajjhe jahā lohan (219)
अज्ञानी पुनः रक्तः सर्वद्रव्येषु कर्ममध्यगतः ।
लिप्यते कर्मरजसा तु कर्दममध्ये यथा लोहम् ॥२१९॥ 218. and 219. Just as gold in the midst of mire remains uncontaminated because of its non-adhesive property, so also the enlightened one, because of his complete non-attachment to the environment remains unaffected even when immersed in a cloud of karmas; whereas the unenlightened one because of his attachment to external objects gets affected when in the midst of karmas just as a piece of iron gets contaminated when dipped in mire becaụse of its adhesive property.
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