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Acharya Shri Atmaramji Maharaj, in his commentary on the Antagad Sutra (page 189), has narrated a traditional story about the karmic connection between Somil Brahmana and Muni Gajasukumal in the past.
There were two wives of a man, one had a child and the other did not. The childless woman tried many remedies but did not conceive. Out of jealousy, she decided that if she ever got the chance, she would kill her co-wife's child.
Unfortunately, the child developed boils on his head, and despite many treatments, the pain did not subside. The child's mother asked her co-wife for a remedy, and seizing the opportunity, she cooked a hot 'pooda' (bread) and applied it to the child's head. As a result, the child died. This made her very happy.
After traversing through thousands of births and deaths, the same woman was born as Gajasukumal in the house of Mata Devaki, and the child was born as Somil Brahmana in the city of Dwaraka.
According to the storyteller, ninety-nine lakh births ago, Gajasukumal's soul had killed Somil Brahmana's soul by applying hot 'pooda' to his head. Therefore, in this birth, Somil took revenge by placing a burning brazier on him.
'Anegbhav...kamma-arthat' - 'Anegbhav' means many births, 'kamma' means karma, 'shatasahasra' means lakhs, and 'sanchit' means accumulated. Karma is the name of that material force which makes the soul wander in the forest of the world.
'Udiremane' - means to stir up. Jain scriptures describe four stages of karma: Bandha, Uday, Udirana, and Satya. The merging of karma-pudgalas with the soul like milk and water, due to Mithyatva, etc., in the form of Jnanavaraniya, etc., is called Bandha. When the period of Abadihakal ends and the time for Uday-kal-phaladan arrives, the giving of auspicious and inauspicious fruits of karma is called Uday. Even after the Abadihakal (the period during which the bound karma does not yield its fruit to the soul) has passed, the karma-dalik that are to arise later are pulled up by special effort and enjoyed along with the Uday-prapta dalik, this is called Udirana. The bound karma remaining attached to the soul without losing its form is called Satya. The difference between Uday and Udirana is that in Uday, the fruits of karma are enjoyed naturally without any effort, while in Udirana, the fruits of karma are enjoyed only through effort. The karma-phal that Muni Gajasukumal has enjoyed in the present case has not been enjoyed naturally, but has been made to be enjoyed by the special effort of Somil Brahmana, therefore, the meaning of Udirana of karma is intended here.
The death of Somil Brahmana:
28 - Then, that Kanha Vasudeva asked the Arhat Arithanemi, "How should I recognize that man?" Then, the Arhat Arithanemi told Kanha Vasudeva, "Kanha! When you see a man entering the city of Dwaraka, standing at the gate, and spending time there, then you should know that he is that man." Then, Kanha Vasudeva bowed and prostrated before the Arhat Arithanemi. After bowing and prostrating, he took the elephant chariot and went to the city of Dwaraka. After reaching there, he mounted the elephant and went to the gate of the city.