Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti)
by K. C. Lalwani | 1973 | 185,989 words
The English translation of the Bhagavati-sutra which is the fifth Jaina Agama (canonical literature). It is a large encyclopedic work in the form of a dialogue where Mahavira replies to various question. The present form of the Sutra dates to the fifth century A.D. Abhayadeva Suri wrote a vritti (commentary) on the Bhagavati in A.D. 1071. In his J...
Part 9 - On karma bondage
Q. 13. Bhante! Do the infernal beings bind (themselves with) karma which is itself in the process of moving out, or which is still dormant?
A. 13. Gautama! They do not bind (themselves with) karma which is itself in the process of moving out; they do so with karma which is still dormant.
Q. 14. Bhante! Do the infernal beings cause fructification of karma which is itself in the process of moving out, or which is still dormant?
A. 14. Gautama! They cause fructification of karma, which is still dormant, and is not itself in the process of moving out. And likewise, do they suffer from, alter, intensify, change the order of, pile up and cement, in all cases, dormant karma, and not the one which is itself moving out.
Q. 15. Bhante! Do the infernal beings exhaust karma which is itself in the process of moving out, or which is still dormant?
A. 15. Gautama! The infernal beings exhaust karma which is itself in the process of moving out, not karma which is still dormant.
Couplet:
Bondage, fructification, suffering,
Intensification, ordering, piling, cementing,—
These are relevant to dormant karma,
Only exhaustion applies to the moving-out.
Notes (based on commentary of Abhayadeva Sūri):
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