Soul Science Part 02

Author(s): Parasmal Agrawal
Publisher: Kundakunda Gyanpith

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Soul Science : Samayasara by Jain Acarya Kundakunda
has also clarified this point. (ii) An analogy may also be useful in understanding this stanza. A duly filled cheque becomes the instrumental cause for the money transaction, but that cheque becomes the instrumental cause only when it is signed by an authorized person. In other words, the signature of the authorized person becomes the instrumental cause to let the duly filled cheque become an instrument for the money transaction.
The first half of this stanza says that Asajñā kind of Pratyaya become the instrumental cause for the inflow and bonding of the new Karma. The second half of this stanza further says that by becoming the doer of liking, disliking, etc. (Sajñā Āsrava) an ignorant soul becomes the instrumental cause for letting those Asajñā kind of Pratyaya become the instrumental cause for the inflow and bonding of new Karma such as Jñānāvaraṇīya Karma.
In simple words, an ignorant living being considers oneself as the doer of dispositions of liking, disliking, and other emotions. This is Sajñā Āsrava. Again in simple words, Asajñā kind of Pratyaya means the actions of matter related to the physical body. Asajñā kind of Pratyaya become the instrumental cause for the inflow and bonding of new Karma, and in becoming the Asajñā kind of Pratyaya as the instrumental cause, the Sajñā Āsrava becomes the instrumental cause. Technical details:
In Ātmakhyāti, Ācārya Amrtacandra has described the Asajñā kind of Pratyaya as Āsrava. He also mentions that Rāga-DveșaMoha associated with an ignorant being are Āsrava in more rigorous sense. For the inflow of the new Kārmika particles towards soul, Ācārya Amộtacandra uses the word 'Asravaņa'. It may be noted that the word 'Asravana' used in this sense in this stanza in Ātmakhyāti is also commonly known as Āsrava in the literature.