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## Devagam, Karika 93
"If it is definitively accepted that the binding of karma (punya) arises from the production of suffering within oneself, and the binding of sin (papa) arises from the production of happiness, then even the liberated (kṣayārahita) and wise monks (muni) should be bound by karma and sin; because they too are the cause of the production of their own happiness and suffering."
**Explanation:**
The liberated and wise monks experience suffering in the form of bodily afflictions (kāyakleśa) and happiness in the form of contentment arising from the knowledge of truth, through their practices like trikāla-yoga. If the binding of karma and sin arises solely from the production of happiness and suffering within oneself, then how can these non-passionate beings (akṣayajīva) remain free from the binding of karma and sin? If they are also bound by karma and sin, then there would never be an opportunity for the absence of karma and sin, and no one would be eligible for liberation. Liberation cannot occur without the absence of both karma and sin. And without liberation, the system of binding, etc., cannot remain stable, as explained earlier. If liberation is accepted without the absence of karma and sin, then it would lead to the absence of samsara (the cycle of birth and death) or worldly life, which is not desirable for anyone who believes in the system of karma and sin. In this situation, this singular principle of the binding of karma and sin through self-produced happiness and suffering is also flawed.
Here, if it is argued that the liberated and wise do not experience the binding of karma and sin even though they experience happiness and suffering within themselves, because they do not have any intention, desire, or attachment towards the production of their happiness and suffering, then this would actually prove the principle of anekanta (non-absolutism) and not the singular principle mentioned above. This means that the production of happiness and suffering with intention leads to the binding of karma and sin.