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CHAPTER VII
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बधोपभोगनिमित्तेषु अध्यवसानोदयेषु ज्ञानिन ।
ससारदेहविषयेषु नैवोत्पद्यते राग ।।२१७॥ 217 The psychic states conditioned by samsāra lead to bondagt 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 samsara 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 of painful The knowing Self is therefore without any attachment to any of these
णाणी रागप्पजहो सव्वदव्वेसु कम्ममझगदो।
णो लिप्पदि कम्मरएण दु कद्दममझे जहा कणय ॥२१८॥ Nāni rāgappa jaho savvadavvesu kammamajjhagado No lippadi kammarayeņa du kaddam amajjhe jahā kanayam
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ज्ञानी रागप्रहाय सर्वद्रव्येषु कर्ममध्यगत । नो लिप्यते कर्मरजसा तु कर्दममध्ये यथा कनकम् ॥२१८॥ अण्णाणी पुण रत्तो सव्वदव्वेसु कम्ममझगदो।
लिप्पदि कम्मरएण दु कद्दममज्झे जहा लोह ॥२१९॥ Annānı puna ratlo savvadauvesu kammamajjhgado Lippadi kammarayena du kaddamamajjhe jahā loham (219)
अज्ञानी पुन रक्त सर्वद्रव्येषु कर्ममध्यगत ।
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 because of its adhesive property
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