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300. What wiseman knowing the nature of the pure Self and understanding all the mental states caused by alien conditions would utter the words, "These are mine ?”
That the Self which identifies itself with the external object, is subject to karmic bondage is explained by an illustration from ordinary life
तेयाई अवराहे जो कुव्वइ सो उ संकिदो भमइ । मा वज्झेहं केणवि चोरोत्ति जणम्मि वियरंतो ॥३०१॥ teyāt avarāhe jo kuvvai so u samkido bhamai ma vajjhehan keņavi corotti janammi viyaraṁto (301) स्तेयादीनपराधान् यः करोति स तु शङ्कितो भ्रमति ।
मा बध्ये केनापि चौर इति जने विचरन् ॥३०॥
301. He who commits crimes such as theft, while moving among the people, is troubled by anxiety and fear, “I may be arrested at any moment as a thief.”
जो ण कुणइ अवराहे सो णिस्संको उ जणवए भमइ । णवि तस्स वज्झि, जे चिन्ता उपब्बइ कयावि ॥३०२॥ jo na kunai avarāhe so nissamko u janavae bhamai navi tassa vajjhidun je cinta uppajji kayavi (302) यो न करोत्यपराधान् स निःशहस्तु जनपदे भ्रमति ।
नापि तस्य बर्बु यः चिन्तोत्पद्यते कदाचित् ॥३०२॥
302. But one who commits no such crime freely moves among the people without any such anxiety. Because in his case no thought of arrest ever occurs.
एवं हि सावराहो वज्झामि अहं तु संकिदो चेया । जइ पुण णिरवराहो णिस्संकोहं ण वज्झामि ॥३०३॥ evan hi sāvarāho vajjhāmi aham tu samkido ceyā jai puņa ņiravāraho nissañkohań na vajjhami (302) एवं अस्मि सापराधो बध्येऽहं तु शङ्कितश्चेतयिता । यदि पुनर्निरपराधो निःशङ्कोऽहं न बध्ये ॥३०३॥
303. Similarly the Self which is guilty always has the fear, "I may be bound," whereas if guiltless the Self feels, "I am fearless and hence-I may not be bound." ...
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