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SAMAYSARA
and soul are one, but according to the nischaya point of view, the soul and body are never identical
COMMENTARY
Thus the devotional songs in praise of the bodily beauty of the Lord are justified from the vyavahāra point of view, because the beauty of the body is but the expression of the inner beauty of the soul with which it is found in union Though considered as one from the vyavahära point, because of their association, still soul and body do not lose their intrinsic characteristics They are really distinct in nature The soul has its intrinsic characteristic of upayoga (darsana and jñāna) which characteristic is not present in matter This fact clearly brings out their intrinsic difference The commentators explain this combination of different things to constitute a unitary whole by a practical illustration Gold and silver, both being precious metals, may be used in combination for certain purposes such as ornament making, etc Though they go together to constitute the whole so manufactured, still they do not lose their respective qualities Gold is gold and silver is silver One is yellow and the other is white Hence the two can never become one in nature really In the same way, soul and body, though found together in an embodied individual, the unity must be taken to be true from the practical point of view and not from the absolute point of view
इणमण्ण जीवादो देह पोग्गलमय थुणित्तु मुणी।
मण्णदि ह सथदो वदिदो मए केवली भयव ॥२८॥ Inamannam jīvādā dēham poggalamayam thunittu munī Mannadı hu santhudo vandido maye kevali bhayavam ( 28 )
इदमन्यत् जीवाद्देह पुद्गलमय स्तुत्वा मुनि ।
मन्यते खल सस्तुतो वन्दितो मया केवली भगवान् ॥२८॥ 28 By adoring the body which is different from the soul and which is constituted of matter, the saint believes, “The Omniscient Lord is thus adored and worshipped by me"
COMMENTARY His assumption is justified from the vyavahāra point of view,
