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Soul Science: Samayasara by Jain Acarya Kundakunda
भावं सुमहं करेदि आदा स तस्स खलु कत्ता ।
तं तस्स होदि कम्मं सो तस्स दु वेदगो अप्पा ॥1021
Jam bhavam suhamasuham karedi ādā sa tassa khalu kattä. Tam tassa hodi kammam so tassa du vedago appa. ||102||
यं भावं शुभमशुभं करोत्यात्मा स तस्य खलु कर्ता ।
तत्तस्य भवति कर्म स तस्य तु वेदक आत्मा ।।1021
Whatever virtuous or sinful Bhāva are done by the soul, the soul in fact becomes the doer of those Bhāva. Those Bhāva become the actions of the soul, and those Bhāva are endured (experienced) by the soul. [102]
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Annotation
Before going further, let us understand the meaning of Subha and Asubha Bhāva used in this stanza. There are two kinds of Bhāva:
(1) Pure or Suddha Bhāva, and (2) Impure or Asuddha Bhāva.
Again Asuddha Bhāva are of two kinds: (i) Subha (virtuous) Bhāva, and (ii) Asubha (sinful) Bhāva.
To experience the Self as a knower and pure (different from Bhāva of liking or disliking or Bhāva of making any change) is a pure or Suddha Bhāva. A Bhāva of liking or disliking or making any change is an impure Bhāva. It is impure because it is tainted with inclination for changing other material things and beings. If the desire of making any change is sinful then it is an Asubha Bhāva. If it is virtuous then it is a Subha Bhāva.
Based on Gāthā 92, 93, 101 and others (for example, see Gāthā 126, 127) one can see that Subha and Asubha Bhāva are done by a spiritually ignorant being (Ajñānī), and a spiritually ignorant being (Ajñānī) becomes the doer of such Bhāva. The commentary of this Gatha by Acārya Amṛtacandra also suggests that in this
