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Atmasiddhi capability and remain action-oriented. They think that they can do whatever they like. They try to go by the slogan "Nothing is impossible". It is true that the soul has infinite capability, but that is lying latent at present. One therefore needs to endeavor for manifesting the same. To talk of overcoming Karma, without manifesting the latent vigor, is to overlook the present state. Such undue reliance on one's latent capacity can be termed as a different type of Karmabhäv.
Shrimad has virtually explained the entire path of liberation in this stanza. It states that the identification with the body is the ignorance of the soul. That Karmabhäv is the root cause of worldly life. What is therefore required is to light the lamp of enlightenment, with which the darkness of ignorance can be eradicated. The rest of the description in this chapter is an elaboration of what has been said in this stanza.
જે જે કારણ બંધનાં, તેહ બંધનો પંથ; તે કારણ છેદક દશા, મોક્ષપંથ ભવઅંત.
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Je Je Käran Bandhnän, Teh Bandhno Panth; Te Käran Chhedak Dashä, Mokshapanth Bhav Ant.
Whichever are the causes of bondage, they constitute the road to bondage; the state that uproots those causes constitutes the path of liberation and the end of embodiment.
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