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## Dashami Dasha
**With Hindi Commentary**
The one who initiates acts of violence, possesses a great attachment (mamata), is egoistic, irreligious, south-bound (dakshinagami), destined for hell (nairyik), and will have a rare (dullhab-bohie) awakening in the next life (aagami janma) - such a person exists. Thus, O long-lived Shramanas! This is the consequence (vivage) of that karmic seed (nidanas), which makes one incapable of hearing the Dharma (dhamma) preached by the Kevali (pannatta).
**Original Meaning:** Can such a person, whether a Shraman or a Mahaan (Shravak), hear the Dharma preached by the Kevali? Yes, one can say, but it is not possible for him to hear that Dharma because he is not worthy of hearing it. He is one who has intense desires, initiates great deeds, is irreligious, follows the southern path, is destined for hell, and will have a rare awakening in the next life. O long-lived Shramanas! This is the consequence of that karmic seed, which makes the soul incapable of hearing the Dharma preached by the Kevali.
**Commentary:** This Sutra describes the consequence of the karmic seed in relation to Dharma. Shri Gautam Swami asked Shri Shraman Bhagwan Mahavir Swami, "O Bhagwan! Can a person who has this karmic seed, whether a Shraman or a Shravak, hear the Dharma preached by the Kevali?" Bhagwan replied, "O Gautam! A Shraman or a Shraman Upasak can preach Dharma to him, but he will not be able to hear it due to his karmic seed. O Ayushman! Shraman! This karmic seed has such a consequence that it makes the one who possesses it incapable of hearing the Dharma preached by the Kevali. Therefore, the karmic seed is completely undesirable. It has three types: Jghanya, Madhyam, and Utkrishta. Here, it is said that the one who possesses the Utkrishta karmic seed is incapable of hearing Dharma, not the others. Those who possess the Madhyam and Jghanya karmic seeds can attain Dharma Shravan or Samyaktvaadi after the karmic seed arises. There are many scriptural proofs of this, such as Krishna Vasudev or Draupadi."