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## Dashami Dasha
**With Hindi Commentary**
**Translation:**
The tenth Dasha (state)
With Hindi Commentary.
This (Dasha) makes the one who performs it incapable of leaving home and embracing the life of an ascetic, having been completely shaved. In other words, due to the influence of this Nidana-karma (root karma), he cannot take up the life of a Sadhu (saint).
**Commentary:**
This Sutra (aphorism) concludes the discussion of the eighth Nidana-karma. The individual, imbued with the Shravak-dharma (layman's dharma), becomes a Shramanopasak (one who worships the Shramanas). All the qualities of a Shramanopasak are present in him. Thus, for many years, he adheres to the path of a Shramanopasak, and at the end of his life, he attains death through Anashan-vrat (fasting unto death), and is reborn in a celestial realm as a Deva (god) in a state of Samadhi (meditation). However, due to the influence of this Nidana-karma, he cannot embrace the complete and pure conduct of an ascetic, because he has not fully eradicated and pacified the Charitravaraniy (karma that obscures pure conduct), which would enable him to leave home and embrace the life of an ascetic. Even though he understands the Nirgrantha-pravachan (Jain teachings) correctly, he is unable to embrace the complete and pure conduct of an ascetic due to his inherent tendencies. This proves that regardless of the type of Nidana-karma, liberation lies in its complete eradication.
Now, the Sutrakar (author of the sutras) discusses the ninth Nidana-karma in sequence:
"Thus, O Shramanas! In this Dharma (Jainism), as long as one is attached to the pleasures of the celestial and human realms, he will continue to be reborn in these realms. Human pleasures are transient and fleeting, and one will eventually abandon them. Celestial pleasures are also transient, and one will eventually return to the cycle of rebirth. There are those who, due to their past actions, are born into families that are either noble, wealthy, or poor, or into families of low caste, or into families of beggars. In this way, one is born into a particular family due to his past actions. Listen to this story:
"Once upon a time, there was a..."