Shikshasamuccaya 1109

1109

tatra pṛthivī-dhātor na + evaṃ bhavati | ahaṃ kāyasya kaṭhina-bhāvam abhinirvartayāmi + iti | ab-dhātor na + evaṃ bhavati | ahaṃ kāyasya + anuparigraha-kṛtyaṃ karomi + iti | tejo-dhātor na + evaṃ bhavati | ahaṃ kāyasya + aśita-pīta-khāditaṃ paripācayāmi + iti | vāyu-dhātor na + evaṃ bhavati | ahaṃ kāyasya + āśvāsa-praśvāsa-kṛtyaṃ karomi + iti | ākāśa-dhātor na + evaṃ bhavati | ahaṃ kāyasya + antaḥ saurṣiryaṃ karomi + iti | vijñāna-dhātor na + evaṃ bhavati | aham ebhiḥ pratyayair janita iti | atha ca satsv eṣu pratyayeṣu kāyasya + utpattir bhavati | tatra pṛthivī-dhātur na + ātmā na satvo na jīvo na jantur na manu-jo na mānavo na strī na pumān na na-puṃsakaṃ | na ca + ahaṃ | na mama | na ca apy anyasya kasya-cit | evam ab-dhātus tejo-dhātur vāyu-dhātur ākāśa-dhātur vijñāna-dhātur na satvo na jīvo na jantur na manu-jo na mānavo na strī na pumān na na-puṃsakaṃ na ca + ahaṃ na mama na ca + apy anyasya kasya-cit ||

'Here, the earth element does not think: "I produce the solidity of the body." The water element does not think: "I perform the function of cohesion for the body." The fire element does not think: "I ripen what is eaten, drunk, and consumed by the body." The wind element does not think: "I perform the function of inhalation and exhalation for the body." The space element does not think: "I make the interior cavity of the body." The consciousness element does not think: "I am generated by these conditions." And yet, when these conditions exist, the origination of the body occurs. There, the earth element is not the self, not a sentient being, not a living soul, not a creature, not a human, not a person, not female, not male, not neuter; it is neither "I" nor "mine," nor does it belong to anyone else. In the same way, the water element, the fire element, the wind element, the space element, and the consciousness element are not a sentient being, not a living soul, not a creature, not a human, not a person, not female, not male, not neuter; they are neither "I" nor "mine," nor do they belong to anyone else.'