Book Title: Samayasara OR Nature of Self
Author(s): A Chakravarti
Publisher: Bharatiya Gyanpith

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________________ SAMAYSARA (69) Jäva na vēdi visēsam param tu ādāsavāna dohunampi Annāni tâva du so kohādısu vattade jivo यावन्न वेत्ति विशेषान्तर त्वात्मास्रवयोर्द्वयोरपि । अज्ञानी तावत्स क्रोधादिषु वर्त्तते जीव ॥६९॥ 69 As long as the jiva or soul does not recognise that the entities, ātma and äsrava—Self and karmic inflow—are absolutely different from each other, so long will he remain devoid of knowledge and will identify himself with baser emotions of anger, etc कोहादिस् वट्टतस्स तस्स कम्मस्स सचओ होदि । जीवस्सेव बधो भणिदो खलु सव्वदरसीहि ॥७०॥ Kohadisu vattantassa tassa kammassa sanchavo hodi Jivassevam bandho bhanıdo kalu savvadarasıhım (70) क्रोधादिषु वर्तमानस्य तस्य कर्मण सचयो भवति। जीवस्यैव बन्धो भणित खलु सर्वदर्शिभि ॥७०॥ 70 That Jiva which thus indulges in anger, etc, will only have an increased inflow of karmas and finally end with karmic bondage Thus was it truly declared by the All-knowing COMMENTARY Ignorance of the distinction of the true nature of the Self and of the other alien entities is the root cause of the trouble The Self forgetting its pure nature imagines himself to be other than what he really is He identifies himself with baser emotional experiences such as, “I am angry” This vitiated state of experience leads to the attraction and deposit of karmic molecules in the Self The Self behaves like a person bismeared with oil all over the body walking through a cloud of dust Dust particles get easily deposited all over the oily surface of his body So the Self, ignorant of his own nature, provides the necessary condition for attracting the karmic particles which, when accumulated, permeate the whole nature of the soul thus clouding the intrinsic spiritual luminosity of the Self This means karmic bondage This karmic bondage in its turn produces the samsaric cycle of births and deaths, which is the inevitable career of the un

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