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## Dashami Dasha
The ninth Dasha described the places of great delusion. Sometimes, a Sadhu, under the influence of delusion, while performing austerities, commits 'Nidana' karma. Due to the influence of delusion, the desire for sensual pleasures arises in his mind, and with the hope of fulfilling that desire, he commits 'Nidana' karma. The result is that his desire remains 'Ayati', i.e., for the future, which keeps him bound in the cycle of birth and death. Therefore, the Sutrakar describes only 'Nidana' karma in this Dasha. This is its connection with the ninth Dasha.
This Dasha is called 'Ayati' Dasha. The word 'Ayati' means to know birth or caste. The person who commits 'Nidana' karma will have to take a new birth to experience its fruits. If 'ti' is separated from the word 'Ayati', the remaining 'Ay' means 'profit', i.e., the 'Nidana' karma that brings the profit of birth and death is called 'Ayati'.
That profit is of two types: material and spiritual. Material profit is in the form of the four states of existence, and spiritual profit is the attainment of knowledge, etc. While wandering in the cycle of existence, the soul attains material profit. But when it escapes the cycle of existence, it attains knowledge, etc. This Dasha describes both types of profit. Its initial Sutra is: