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13. Extraordinary learning and ignorance are caused by knowledge-covering karmas.
This is improper. What is improper? The affliction of ignorance is consistent with the presence of knowledge-covering karmas. But extraordinary learning arises in the absence of knowledge-covering karmas. Great learning, arising from destruction-cum-subsidence, begets pride in the ascetic on the rise of other knowledge-covering karmas?, and not on the total destruction of knowledge-covering karmas. So it is appropriate to say in the presence of knowledge-obscuring karmas.
Again the karmas causing other afflictions are described in the next sutra. दर्शनमोहान्तराययोरदर्शनालाभौ
11 9811 Derśanamohāntarāyayoradarśanālābhau (14) 14. Misbelief and lack of gain are caused by faith-deluding and obstructive karmas.
The words are taken respectively. Faith-deluding karmas give rise to the affliction of perverted faith. And obstructive karmas give rise to the affliction of lack of gain.
If the first kind of deluding karmas causes one affliction, how many afflictions are caused by the second type ?
चारित्रमोहे नाग्न्यारतिस्त्रीनिषद्याक्रोशयाचनासत्कारपुरस्काराः ॥ १५ ॥ Cāritramohe nägnyārati strinişadyā krośayācanāsatkārapuraskārāḥ
(15) 15. (The afflictions of) nakedness, absence of pleasures, woman, sitting posture, reproach, begging and reverence and honour are caused by conduct-deluding larmas.
Infatuation may be said to causo the afflictions of nakedness etc., as these are caused by the male sex etc. But how can the affliction of sitting posture be caused by th: rise of infatuation? On the rise of infatuation, thoughts of violence arise. And avoidance of injury is the object of the sitting posture.
What karmas are the causes of the remaining afflictions ?
i of sensory-and scriptural knowledge-obscuring karmas. · 2 viz. of clairvoyance-telepathy-and omniscience-obscuring karmas.
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