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Soul Science: Samayasara by Jain Acarya Kundakunda
becomes an erroneous act of the soul. The belief of owning the physical body and mind is an erroneous act of the soul. It is an illusion or ignorance or Moha. The dispositions (Bhāva) of identifying the Self with the physical body and mind is an erroneous act of the soul. The Bhāva of ownership of mind's emotions/thoughts/tendency of liking or disliking may be considered as the soul's delusion of becoming the doer and owner of liking (Raga) or disliking (Dvesa) actions. For all such erroneous acts of the Jīva, the Jiva is bonded by the new Karma.
पक्के फलम्हि पडिए जह ण फलं बज्झए पुणो विंटे ।
जीवस्स कम्मभावे पडिए ण पुणोदयमुवेदि । । 168।।
Pakke phalamhi padie jaha na phalam bajjhae puno vimte. Jivassa kammabhave padie na punodayamuvedi. ||168||
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पक्वे फले पतिते यथा न फलं बध्यते पुनर्वृन्तैः ।
जीवस्य कर्मभावे पतिते न पुनरुदयमुपैति ।।168।।
Just as a ripened fruit fallen from the tree does not get attached again with the tree, in the same way, the ripened KarmaBhāva after separation do not get bonded with the soul again. [168] Annotation:
It is well known that a ripened fruit after falling from the tree does not get attached with the tree. Acārya Kundakunda uses this analogy to explain this point that the Karma after separation from a Jiva do not get bonded again.
The above mentioned concept may appear trivial to many readers, but it is valuable. Acārya Amṛtacandra brings out deeper insight from this stanza in Atmakhyāti. The word 'Kammabhāve' used in this stanza by Acarya Kundakunda means the KarmaBhāva or the Bhāva of considering the Self as the doer of actions of physical body and others. In other words, Karma-Bhāva means MithyaDrṣti-Bhāva or wrong belief. Therefore, while discussing this stanza, Acārya Amṛtacandra explains that after the detachment
