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The Doer (Kartā) and the deed (Karma)
यदानेन जीवेनात्मनः आसवाणां च तथैव । ज्ञातं भवति विशेषांतरं तु तदा न बन्धस्तस्य ।।71॥
When the difference and the separateness between the soul and the Asrava (influx of Bhāva Karma in the form of psychic dispositions such as emotions of anger etc.) are known by a living being then that being does not get bonded (with the new Kārmika matter]. [71]
Annotation
In Gāthā 69 and 70, Ācārya Kundakunda explained that the ignorance regarding the separateness between the soul and Āsrava leads to bonding of Karma. Now here in this Gāthā he is saying that if such ignorance does not exist then the bonding would not take place. Question: Is it not true that if there is anger there would be
bonding of Karma in accordance with the anger? Answer: For the same external expression of the anger, the
quality and quantity of the bonding of Karma would depend on the internal state. Internally, one living being may be ignorant regarding the separateness between the soul and Āsrava, and another being might not be ignorant about this point. Due to this difference there would be difference in the bonding. To make the point clear we can take a worldly example:
Suppose you are the chief executive officer (CEO) of a corporate. If as a CEO you accept an expenditure incurred by an employee as the expenditure incurred by the company then the Accountant and Cashier of the company would make payment of the bill submitted by that employee. However, if you do not identify an expenditure incurred by an employee as an expenditure of the company then the Accountant and Cashier would not pay the related bill.
In other words, so long as the credit card owned by an employee is recognized as the credit card owned by the company, the company would be liable to make payment. In
