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In the same way, the valuable gunas of the atma are always beneficial but when the decay in the form of mohaniya sets in and begins to spread, attachment-aversion-ignorance begin to grow. If there is something that can make a jiva miserable in practical life as also in spiritual life, it is this attachment-aversion. But the mohaniya makes the jiva so unconscious that it does not realise what it is doing. It is even unaware whether its own activity is proper or improper. Where mohaniya gathers strength, other karmas too begin to support it, and it grows stronger and stronger. That is why mohaniya has been called the King of Karmas. During the period of sadhana, the jiva wages a war against mohaniya alone. Once mohaniya is vanquished, others are easily conquerable. Srimadji has also said -
एक विषयने जीततां जीत्यो सौ संसार;
Tafa Uimni silfra, gos, ge sfecr.... Passions are a malaise caused by mohaniya. Once mohaniya is conquered, everything else can be conquered.
Now, what the categories and sub-categories of mohaniya are, and how they can be vanquished, will be the topic later.
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