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Chapter IV
Subject: The Soul is Enjoyer and Sufferer of its Actions.
(a) The Disciple's Doubt
The disciple is now convinced of the truth of the third proposition namely that the Soul is the author of its actions. But he has doubts about the fourth proposition namely that the Soul enjoys or suffers the fruits of its actions. He argues -
जीव कर्म कर्त्ता कहो, पण भोक्ता नहि सोय ।
शुं समजे जड कर्म के, फळ परिणामी होय ॥७९॥ Jiva karma kartta kaho, pana bhokta nahi soya; Shu samaje jada karma ke, phala parinami hoya? 79 The soul may bind, but not receives, The fruits thereof, who likes the worse? No knowledge lifeless bondage has, How can it allot the fruit as worth? 79
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Admitting that the embodied Soul acts, it does not necessarily follow that it enjoys the fruits of its actions. All actions are non-sentient and material. The non-sentient matter cannot be said to bring consequences of these actions to sentience and intelligence in non-sentient matter and this is absurd.
फळदाता ईश्वर गण्ये, भोक्तापणुं भोक्तापणुं सधाय एम को ईश्वरतणुं, ईश्वरपणुं ज
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