Book Title: Tattvartha Sutra
Author(s): Sukhlal Sanghavi, K K Dixit
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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________________ 248 TATTVĀRTHA SŪTRA placing obstacles before others in their act of donation, their act of reception, their act of immediate consumption of something, their act of long-term consumption of something. 26. Some Special Considerations as to the Causes-of-bondage Obtaining in the Case of the Sāmparāyika-karma : The causes-of-bondage enumerated in the aphorisms 11-26 in connection with each of the various types of karma are to serve as a mere indicator; that is to say, the cause-of-bondage similar to those actually enumerated in connection with a particular type of karma are to be understood as mentioned even when they are not actually mentioned. For example, lethargy, negligence, false-preaching have not been enumerated as causesof-bondage for the jñānāvaranīya and darśanāvaraniya karmas and yet they have to be enumerated in that connection. Similarly, evil performances like killing, binding, beating etc. have not been enumerated as cause-of-bondage for the asātāvedanīya karma and yet they have to be enumerated as such. Question : In the case of each type of karma a different set of causes-of-bondage has been mentioned. Hence the question arises : Cause-of-bondage like jealousy in respect of jñāna have been enumerated in connection with the karma types like jñānāvaranīya; now does such a cause-of-bondage bind down just one karma-type like jñānāvaranīya or is it able to bind down other karma-types as well ? If a cause-of-bondage enumerated in connection with one karma-type can bind down other karma-types as well then it is futile to mention different causes-of-bondage for the different karma-types; for now it turns out that a cause-ofbondage already appropriate to one karma-type is operative in connection with another karma-type as well. And if a cause-ofbondage enumerated in connection with one karma-type binds down just this karma-type and no other then there ensues conflict with a particular scriptural rule. For there is a scriptural rule to the effect that generally speaking all the karma-types minus the āyus-karma—that is, seven karma-types in all—are bound down simultaneously. Following this rule one must admit that at the Jain Education International For Personal & Private Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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