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Next the author points out that the thought which is said to be the cause of bondage is false because of the absence of objective evidence to corroborate it
दुक्खिदसुहिदे जीवे करेमि बधेमि तह विमोचेमि ।
जा एसा मूढमई णिरच्छया सा ह दे मिच्छा ॥२६६॥ Dukkhidasuhide jīve karemi vandhemi taha vimochemi Ja esa mudamayı nirachchhaya sa hu de michchha (266)
दुखितसुखितान् जीवान् करोमि बध्नामि तथा विमोचयामि ।
या एषा मूढमति निरर्थिका सा खलु ते मिथ्या ॥२६६॥ 266 "I make living beings miserable or happy, I bind or release them” Such thought in you is meaningless Verily it is false
COMMENTARY Happiness or misery of a person is entirely dependent upon that person's nature and it cannot be due to any external influence Hence the proposition, “I make him happy or I make him miserable” is false, because it is uncorroborated by objective reality Mere assertion of a proposition cannot make it real It cannot create its own objective evidence of corroboration If it is possible for the asserted proposition to carry within itself the corroborative evidence of objective reality, then such statements must become real by the mere fact of assertion as, “I am gathering skyflowers" Hence no assertion by itself can carry its own truthvalue with it
Next it is explained how such a thought is without .corrobolative evidence
अज्झवसाणणिमित्त जीवा बज्झति कम्मणा जदिहि ।
मुच्चति मोक्खमग्गे ठिदा य ते कि करोसि तुम ॥२६७।। Ajjhavasānanimittam vajjhanti Kammana jadi hi Mujjanti mokkhamagge tida ya te kinkarodı tumam (267)
अध्यवसाननिमित्त जीवा बध्यन्ते कर्मणा यदि हि ।
मुच्यन्ते मोक्षमार्गे स्थिताश्च तत् किकरोषि त्वम् ॥२६७।। 267 If their own thoughts are the real condition by which souls are bound by karmas or get released from them while standing on the path of salvation, then what is there that thou canst achieve?
