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(Now Sri Krishna goes on to refute the first t\vo assumptions
(i) that Atma is the doer and (2) that At ma is the enjoyer). The
Gunas create actions and the Gunas lead the Gunas. (The Gunas
are Satva, Rajas and Tamas. These primal attributes of Prakriti
give rise to all her manifestations. The Indriyas, the senses, and the
mind are Satvic and Rajasic transformations of the Ahankara mani-
festation of Prakriti. So they are the Gunas first referred to. The
senses and the mind create actions. Our actions are all prompted by
them and not by Atma. So Atma is not the doer. It may be said
however that the senses and the mind are guided by Atma. But it
is not so. The primal attributes (Gunas) lead the senses and the mind
(Gunas). If Satva prevails in a man his actions are Satvic and so on.
It is the nature of the Prakritic transformations of a man that deter-
mines his actions. This is only an elaboration of Sridhara's notes.)

The Jiva enjoys the fruits of Karma, being connected with the
Gunas (The enjoyment by Jiva is also due to its phenomenal basis.
"Connected with the Gunas " /. e. connected with the senses and other
Prakritic elements. Jivatma dwells in the body. When the house
falls down, he occupies another house. When the houses are merely
halting stations in his long journey, he does not care much for the
house itself, he does not identify himself with the house. So when
Jivatma becomes indifferent to the body, it is not affected by the
changes of the body. When a house burns, the dweller in the house
feels pain. When the house is comfortable, the dweller in the house
feels pleasure. His connection with the house is however temporary.)

As long as there is difference in the Gunas (i. e, Guna trans-
formations, Ahankara ??c.), so long there is plurality in Atma. As
long as there is plurality so long is it dependent on others. (The differ-
ence in Jivatmas or individuals, is not due to any difference in Atma,
but to differences in the Guna transformations which give rise to the
body. Dependence is also an accompaniment of those transformations),

So long as Jiva is dependent on others it has fear from Isvara.
Those that worship the Guna transformations are given up to sorrow
and they become deluded.

BONDAGE AND LIBERATION.

SKANDHA XI. CHAP. 11.
Uddhava asked:

Atma dwells in the transformations of the Gunas forming the
body. Why should it not be bound down by the Gunas. Or if Atma is
free (like Akasa) why should it be at all in bondage? What are the in-

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