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The Great Purana, Uttara Purana
If there is no connection between the souls and the fruits of merit and demerit, then how did I, a sinner, get a human birth? (458)
Therefore, there is neither merit nor demerit, and acting according to one's desires is happiness. Thinking this way, that sinner, without any fear, began to commit the five sins, including violence. He became attached to eating meat and other foods, and due to many beginnings and possessions, he has also bound himself to the highest hellish life. (459-460)
Therefore, he will go to the seventh earth, which gives terrible suffering. Similarly, Shubha is also endowed with the rise of the female Veda, born from intense karmic experiences. She is extremely polluted by excessive attachment, aversion, and gossip, and she gets very angry when she hears and sees the virtues, character, and good conduct. Due to constantly experiencing the consequences of her actions, she has bound herself to the hellish life, and after her body leaves, she will experience terrible suffering related to the earth of darkness. (461-463)
Thus, after the words of the Ganadhara ended, Abhay Kumar got up, bowed to him, and asked about his past lives. (464)
The Ganadhara, who is compassionate towards the liberated souls, wanting to benefit Abhay Kumar, said, "You were the son of a Brahmin in the third life from this one, and even though you were a liberated soul, you were foolish." He wandered to many countries to study the Vedas, and he was deluded by heresy, worship of gods, pilgrimage, caste, and worldly matters. He was confused and troubled by them, and he greatly praised their actions. He wanted to gain merit and therefore followed their actions himself. (465-467)
Once, he was traveling with a Jain traveler. On the way, near a pile of stones, there was a tree that was the abode of ghosts. Approaching it and considering it his god, the Brahmin son circumambulated the tree and bowed to it. Seeing this action, the Shravaka laughed and, to show disrespect, he plucked some leaves from the tree and used them to brush the dust off his feet. He said to the Brahmin, "Look, your god is not capable of doing anything to the Jains." In response, the Brahmin said, "Okay, so be it. What is the harm? I will also disrespect your god. You are my teacher in this matter." Saying this, they both continued walking together, and they reached another place. (468-472)