समयसार (प्राकृत गाथा एवं हिन्दी-अंग्रेजी व्याख्या)

अध्याय - 10
जैसे स्वर्णकार आदि शिल्पी उपकरणों को ग्रहण करता है, किन्तु वह उनसे तन्मय
नहीं होता; उसी प्रकार जीव भी मन-वचन-कायरूप करणों को ग्रहण करता है;
किन्तु वह उनसे तन्मय नहीं होता।
जैसे स्वर्णकार आदि शिल्पी कुण्डलादि कर्मों के फल को भोगता है; किन्तु वह उस
फल से तन्मय नहीं होता, उसी प्रकार जीव भी कर्म के सुख-दुःख रूप फल को
भोगता है, किन्तु वह उस फल से तन्मय नहीं होता।
Just as an artisan (a goldsmith, for example), does his work to
produce earrings etc. but does not become identical with it, so
also the Self produces karmic matter like knowledge-obscuring
karma, but does not become identical with it.
Just as an artisan (a goldsmith, for example), uses tools like a
mallet to produce earrings etc. but does not become identical
with them, so also the Self acts through the instruments of
mind-, speech- and physical-activity to produce karmic matter
like knowledge-obscuring karma, but does not become identical
with them.
Just as an artisan (a goldsmith, for example), takes up tools but
does not become identical with them, so also the Self adopts
instruments of mind-, speech- and physical-activity but does not
become identical with them.
Just as an artisan (a goldsmith, for example) enjoys the fruits of
his work (earrings etc.) but does not become identical with the
fruits, so also the Self enjoys the fruits of karmas (in the form of
pleasure and pain) but does not become identical with them.
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