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Soul Science: Samayasara by Jain Acarya Kundakunda
Further, this stanza may provide some relief to those who suffer from the anxiety produced by the creation of new desires at the time of fulfillment of old desires. The remedy is in recognizing oneself a soul and in not having any attachment (ownership) with the creation as well as the fulfillment of the desires. Besides the spiritual development, this spiritual remedy may be a recipe of happiness as it may reduce the anxiety which very much depends on the ownership of the desires.
बंधुवभोगणिमित्ते अज्झवसाणोदएसु णाणिस्स । संसारदेहविसएसु णेव उप्पज्जदे रागो ।।217।।
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Bandhuvabhoganimitte ajjhavasānodaesu ṇāņissa. Samsaradehavisaesu neva uppajjade rāgo. ||217|| बंधोपभोगनिमित्तेषु अध्यवसानोदयेषु ज्ञानिनः ।
संसारदेहविषयेषु नैवोत्पद्यते राग: ।।217।।
An enlightened being does not have any attachment (Rāga) for the rise of Adhyavasana-Karma (liking, disliking, etc.) which are instrumental cause for the bondage and pleasures of the physical body and worldly life. [217]
Annotation
This stanza has a technical word: Adhyavasana. Here Adhyavasana means thoughts and feelings associated with liking and disliking (Vikārī Bhāva). In this stanza Acarya Kundakunda conveys the following:
(i) The Karmika fruition in the form of Adhyavasana in a worldly living being becomes the instrumental cause for physical and psychological pain and pleasure. This also becomes the instrumental cause for association with the worldly things, other living beings, and places.
(ii) Adhyavasana are instrumental cause for the new Karmika bonding.
(iii) An enlightened being (Jñānī or SamyagDrști) does not
