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અધ્યાત્મતત્તલાક ममत्वभावं निरसितुमुपदिशतिइहास्ति को नाम तथाविधो नः कुर्मो वयं यत्र ममत्वभावम् ? । सर्वेऽपि कर्माशयबन्धमाजः कस्योपकारं खलु कः करोतु ? ॥३१॥
( 31 ) There is no body in this world with whom we can identify ourselves and ever continue our friendship; when all are under the potent influence of Karmas who can extend and who can receive obligation ?
Notes:~*The law of Karma rules the whole universe. It accounts for the differences in capabilities, opportunities, experiences in this Samsara. It works only where desire lies at the bottom. The Jain philosphers most emphatically assert the inexorableness of the law of Karma. These differentiations are not mere appearances but they are real and must be due to some cause working behind. They are according to the Jain principles as Time, External environments, Necessity, Action and Exertion ( fry, Fahra, ragia,
A, JEH). These five are the determining causes of the diversity of names and forms in and through which the self-existent universe is revealed to us. Of these, Time is an aggregate of one dimension and from its nature flows on uniformly revealing itself in relation of sequence and seasons. Swabhāva is the natural and external environment of an organism. It consists of soil, air, water, heat and light. A
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* The above is the briefest summary of what explained in an Epitome of Jainism by Nabar.
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