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Service results in the waning of the feeling of dependence on the sensory pleasures and selfishness or, in other words, it results in the reduction of attachment. The decay of attachment results in stoppage of new karmic bonding. Therefore it can be termed as karmic stoppage or samvara. The separation of earlier bonded karmic accumulation is nirjarā. Thus, service or the vaiyāvrtya penance results in karmic stoppage and destruction and separation (saṁvara and nirjarā). With prevarication, we can say that true service is possible to the extent that we give up our own indulgence in sensory enjoyments. That is, the importance of service lies in the renunciation of sensory pleasures.
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