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of body was made. If intention was not to kill and the act of killing was only incidental and inevitable, it amounts to "No-action" and hence it does not bind.
Reference to Jain doctrine of the importance of "Bhava" requires some more clarification. This doctrine is "Kade Mane Kade" which means that human action begins at the wery conception of the idea to take action. Therefore if at the inception the inteution was not to destroy the body and if the destruction was only incidental and inevitable, the action resulting in destruction is no action at all. The principle operates to explain all the subsequent verses which teach us that all actions in our life should be performed without attachment and desire to enjoy the fruits of our action.
Jain doctrine is that all different varieties found in phenominal world are the result of inter-action between Jiva and Ajiva. This view gets corroboration from the verse No. 17 of
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