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Soul Science: Samayasara by Jain Acarya Kundakunda
Kuvvanto vi abhavvo annānī micchadiṭṭhi du. ||273|| Mokkham asaddahanto abhaviyasatto du jo adhiejja. Patho na karedi gunam asaddahantassa ṇāņam tu. ||274|| Saddahadi ya pattedi ya rochedi ya taha puno ya phasedi. Dhammam bhoganimittam na du so kammakkhayanimittam. ||275||
व्रतसमितिगुप्तयः शीलतपो जिनवरैः प्रज्ञप्तम् । कुर्वन्नप्यभव्योऽज्ञानी मिथ्यादृष्टिस्तु ।।273।। मोक्षमश्रद्दधानोऽभव्यसत्त्वस्तु योऽधीयीत ।
पाठो न करोति गुणमश्रद्दधानस्य ज्ञानं तु || 274 || श्रद्दधाति च प्रत्येति च रोचयति स तथा पुनश्च स्पृशति ।
धर्मं भोगनिमित्तं न तु स कर्मक्षयनिमित्तम् ||2751
A soul incapable-of-liberation-forever remains spiritually ignorant with perverted spiritual vision even by adopting vows, carefulness, restraints, rules of good conduct, and penance as preached by omniscient lords. [273]
A soul incapable-of-liberation-forever lacks faith in the liberation. He may study scriptures but it does not benefit him due to lack of faith in the soul. [274]
[A soul incapable-of-liberation-forever] believes in, accepts, becomes interested in, and touches Dharma as an instrument for achieving physical pleasures [for the present or next life], not for shedding the Kärmika bondage. [275]
Annotation
Souls are of two types: (i) Those who would never attain liberation, neither in this life time nor in any future life. Such souls are known as souls incapable-of-liberation-forever. These are called Abhavya in Samskṛta, (ii) Those who are not Abhavya. These are called Bhavya in Samskṛta. The scriptures also reveal that most of the souls are Bhavya.
These stanzas reveal the following facts regarding souls incapable-of-liberation-forever (Abhavya):
