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achieved and only some power of knowledge, etc. is manifested; there too several outward instrumental causes are required.
Thus Jiva's state is caused due to rise of Ghati-karmas. Jiva's Condition Due to Rise of Vedniya-Karma
(Feeling-producing Karma) Further, in Aghati-karmas' (non-destructive Karmas), due to rise of Vedniya-Karma (feeling-producing Karma), the causes of external happiness-unhappiness are produced in the body. Healthiness, powerfulness, etc. and hunger, thirst, disease, sorrow, pain, etc., the causes of happiness-unhappiness are developed in the body. Externally pleasant season (weather), wind, etc. favourite wife, son, etc. and friend, wealth, etc. unpleasant season(weather), wind, etc. unfavourite wife, son, etc. and foe, poverty, assassination, bondage (imprisonment) become the cause of happiness-unhappiness.
In these external causes as mentioned above, many causes are of such type due to instrumentality of which the condition of body becomes the cause of happiness-unhappiness and those very causes become the cause of happiness-unhappiness. And many causes are of such type which themselves become the causes of happinessunhappiness. The association of such cause takes place due to rise of Vedniya Karma. There, the causes of happiness are met with due to rise of Sata-Vedniya (pleasant feeling-producing) Karma and the cause of misery are met with due to rise of Asata Vedniya (unpleasant feeling-producing) Karma.
Here it should be known that those causes themselves do not produce happiness or misery, (but) owing to the rise of Mohakarma (deluding Karma) the soul of his own believes & feels happinessunhappiness. Such is the relationship between the rise of Vedniya Karma and the rise of Moha-karma. When the external cause produced by Sata Vedniya is met with, then the rise of Moha-karma of the type of believing happiess is found and when the external cause produced by Asata Vedniya is met with then the rise of Mohakarma of the type of believing unhappiness is found.
. And the same cause becomes the cause of happiness to someone and of unhappiness to other. For example, the type of cloth which
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