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The Doer (Karta) and the deed (Karma)
In this way, due to ignorance a being of dull intellect becomes the doer of viewing others as the Self and the Self as others. [96] Annotation
In these stanzas, Acārya Kundakunda wants to explain that the ignorance is responsible for the false notions such as, 'I am anger', 'I am Dharmastikāya', etc.
The word 'anger' has been chosen to specify all impure thoughts, feelings, and emotions such as greed, pride, deception, etc. The word 'Dharmastikāya' has been chosen to specify all substances other than the Self (soul). There are six kinds of substances (Dravya): Jīva, Pudgala, Dharma, Adharma, Ākāśa and Kāla. A brief description of these is given in Appendix-3. All substances except one's own soul are non-Self. Attribution of 'I' to any non-Self is a mistake.
These stanzas also provide a direct test to evaluate oneself. If somebody realizes oneself other than the soul (Self) then at the spiritual level he/she is mistaken. Even if somebody identifies oneself with emotions such as anger, greed, pride, etc., associated with his soul then also he is mistaken. Such a mistake gives rise to three impure forms of Upayoga (see Gāthā 89), and the being with such Upayoga becomes the doer of these impure forms of Upayoga.
देण दुसो कत्ता आदा णिच्छयविदूर्हि परिकहिदो ।
एवं खलु जो जाणदि सो मुञ्चदि सव्वकत्तितं ॥ 97॥
Edena du so kattā ādā ṇicchayavidūhim parikahido. Evam khalu jo jāṇadi so muñcadi savvakattitam. 11971|
एतेन तु स कर्तात्मा निश्चयविद्भिः परिकथितः ।
एवं खलु यो जानाति सो मुंचति सर्वकर्तृत्वम् ||971
In view of the aforementioned doership, the knowers of reality say that the (ignorant) being becomes the doer [of Bhāva Karma]. One, who understands this point from the real point of view, gives up becoming the doer [of such mis-identification of the Self and others]. [97]
