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Pain is not the cause of the manifestation of the soul, for if it were, then the pudgalas would also experience pain. In reality, it arises from the impure inherent power of the soul itself. ||42||
Just as the soul itself transforms into knowledge through the senses, so too does it transform into pain through the contact of desirable and undesirable objects. ||43||
Having attained the time of fruition, the soul becomes a participant in the result of pain. Therefore, manifestation is not its cause. However, it is an attendant, like a stick to a pot. ||44||
Knowledge, consciousness, and awareness are called karma, while hatred and attachment are called karma. The fruit of karma is called the soul, and pain is described as its consequence. ||45||
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