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CHAPTÉR IX
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jivo bandhoya taha chijjaħti salakkhanehii niyaehim pannāchedanaeņa u chiņņā ņāņattamāvannā (294)
जीवो बन्धश्च तथा छिद्यते स्वलक्षणाभ्यां नियताभ्याम् ।
प्रज्ञाछेदनकेन तु छिन्नौ नानात्वमापन्नौ ॥२९॥ 294. The Self and bondage are differentiated by their intrinsic and distinctive features; cut through by the instrument of discriminative wisdom, they fall apart."
COMMENTARY The attribute of the Self is pure consciousness and the attribute of bondage is the impure emotions of anger, etc., based upon wrong belief. These two by association get identified with each other. This identification of the Self with impure emotions due to karmic bondage is the foundation of the empirical Self in saṁsāra. These two entities, the Self and karmic bondage, characterised by their own intrinsic properties are linked together from time immemorial. This unholy alliance must be broken up. What is the effective instrument to cut these two apart ? Such an instrument is said to be the discriminative wisdom. This discriminative wisdom fully realises the pure nature of the Self and its intrinsic difference from the impure emotions due to bondage, and aids the Self to reject the latter and to extricate itself. This process of isolating the Self karmic emotions, when once effected through discriminative wisdom, keeps the two entities permanently apart.
What ought to be done, after the separation of Self and bondage is effected, is indicated below.
जीवो बंधोय तहा छिज्जति सलक्खणेहिं णियएहिं ।
बंधो छेययन्वो सुदो अप्पाय पित्तव्यो ।॥२९॥ jivo bandhoya taha chijjainti salakkhanehim niyaehim basdho cheyayavvo suddho appāya ghittavvo (295)
जीवो बन्धश्च तथा छियेते स्वलक्षणाभ्यां नियताभ्याम् ।
बन्धश्छेतव्यः शुद्ध आत्मा च गृहीतव्यः ॥२९५॥ 295. When the Self and bondage which are differentiated by their intrinsic and distinctive attributes, are thus separated then by. completely casting away all bondage, the pure Self ought to be realised.
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