Jivanmuktiviveka 1.2.58
Jīvanmuktiviveka 1.2.58
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1.2.58
yasminsatyanyadīye hānivṛddhī svasminnāropyete tādṛśo'nyaviṣayastāmasavṛttiviśeṣaḥ snehaḥ | sukhahetuḥ svakalatrādiḥ śubho viṣayaḥ | tadguṇakathanādipravartikā dhīvṛttirabhinandaḥ | atra guṇakathanasya paraprarocanārthatvābhāvenavyarthatvāttaddheturabhinandastāmasaḥ | asūyotpādanena duḥkhahetuḥ parakīyavidyādirenaṃ pratyaśubho viṣayaḥ | tannindāpravartikā dhīvṛttidveṣaḥ | so'pi tāmasaḥ, tannindāyā nivāraṇārthatvābhāvena vyarthatvāt | ta ete tāmasā dharmāḥ kathaṃ vivekini sambhaveyuḥ ? yadā saṃharate cāyaṃ kūrmo'ṅgānīva sarvaśaḥ |
indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyastasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā ||
Affection is a particular modification of the nature of tamas directed toward another, wherein another's loss and gain are superimposed upon oneself. An agreeable object is one that causes pleasure, such as one's own wife. Rejoicing is a mental modification that prompts speaking of that [object's] virtues and the like. Here, since speaking of virtues is useless because it does not serve to persuade another, the rejoicing that causes it is of the nature of tamas. A disagreeable object toward him is another's learning and the like, which causes pain by producing envy. Hatred is a mental modification that prompts the censure of that. That too is of the nature of tamas, because censure of that is useless, since it does not serve to remove [the object]. How could these attributes of the nature of tamas occur in a person of discrimination? / "And when this one completely withdraws / the senses from sense objects, as a tortoise its limbs, his wisdom is firmly established."
1.2.58.p1
- (tatraiva 2.58) ||
— (in that very place, 2.58)
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