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Some thinkers suppose that the soul like the body must be also impermanent. Jain logicians have refuted this illogical stand which is contradicted by our experiences as well. Since the experiences of pleasure and pain do not exist outside the body, the natural conclusion will be, the soul does not exist outside its habitation. But as long as the soul is wandering in the world it has to remain in the body that is provided to it by this Nama karma. After Nirvana the physical body does not imprison the soul and 80 the liberated soul's size does not undergo any further change. Its size remains almost like the last body which was abandoned prior to the attainment of emancipation.
(7) Gotra karma causes brith in high or low family. As the potter by means of wheel shapes the clod of earth into small or big earthen-wares in the like manner a Jiva is placed in a high or low status as is determined by this karma. A person engaged in the vicious habit of speaking ill of others and flattering himself is reborn in a low and down-trodden family. On the otherhand the gentie, humble, noble and meek person obtains high status in life and brilliant surroundings which are favourable for supreme spiritual advancement.
(8) Antaraya karma acts as an impediment in the attainment of desired objects. Its function is to mechanically put up obstacles in the enjoyment of the fruits of the various favourable karmas e. g., a man patronised by the beldame fickle fortune and all the treasures of the world is not able to enjoy
