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Soul Science : Samayasāra by Jain Ācārya Kundakunda
135
But Bhāva of attachment etc., happen to Jiva only. Therefore, Bhāva of attachment etc., are to be considered as Bhāva of Jiva without [any consideration of] the fruition of Karma which is an instrumental (Nimitta) cause. (1381 [140]@
(Similarly,] if Kärmika characteristics are produced by the combination of Pudgala and Jiva then both Pudgala and Jiva would attain Kärmika characteristics. [139] [137]@
But Kārmika characteristics are attained only by Pudgala, therefore, the Kārmika characteristics are to be considered as the characteristics of Pudgala without any consideration of] Jīva who is an instrumental cause. [140] [138]
@ Note: A look at different versions of this treatise shows that these stanzas with serial numbers 137 to 140 have been numbered in two ways. Both the ways have been indicated here.
Annotation
To understand these stanzas let us first take an example given by Ācārya Amộtacandra in Atmakhyāti:- Lime is white and turmeric is yellow, but when they are combined then we get a new combination which is red. Here a question arises: Out of two which one has become red? Lime or turmeric? The answer is: Both have become red. In this case lime and turmeric have formed a new combination which is neither lime nor turmeric. In the language of Jain metaphysics, one can say that a Skandha (lime) of color white on combination with another Skandha (turmeric) of color yellow has become a new Skandha which is
red.
Based on this example, a reader may think that Jīva and Pudgala both may similarly get combined, and in this combination both (Jīva as well as Pudgala) may have Bhāva of attachment (Rāga) etc., (Gāthā 137) and both may have Kārmika characteristics (Gāthā 139). Ācārya does not agree to such thinking. Through Gāthā 138 and 140 Ācārya wants to clarify that Jiva and Pudgala do not lose their identity in this association. Here neither Pudgala gets Bhāva of attachment (Rāga) etc., nor does Jīva gain Kārmika characteristics.
