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316/Go, Sa, Jivakanda
Gatha 244
Solution: There are forty-two auspicious natures, such as the seven-sense-endowed, Tirthankara, high-lineage, human lifespan, etc. These auspicious natures are the ones that give the happiness of the Tirthankara, etc., positions, i.e., the Arhant position. Therefore, the characteristic of merit, which purifies the soul, is true.
From the karma of the body name, the power to grasp the objects of the senses arises in the soul. Those who have no arising of the karma of the body name, their karma-based yoga also ceases to have an effect, because the origin of an effect is impossible without a cause. Therefore, the A-yogi Kevali, who is in the fourteenth gunasthana, and the Siddha Bhagavan, who is beyond the gunasthana, do not have the arising of the karma of the body name, so they lack yoga. From the seventh gunasthana to the thirteenth gunasthana, there is auspicious yoga. From the first gunasthana to the sixth gunasthana, there is both auspicious and inauspicious yoga.
Doubt: If there is no yoga, then the Siddha Bhagavan is said to lack strength, because we see strength as a result of our yoga?
Solution: The strength of the Siddha Bhagavan is not like our strength. The strength of the Siddha Bhagavan is infinite. They have no fatigue or weariness in knowing all the knowable things in the world and beyond. Therefore, the word "anupam-ananta-bala-kalita" is used in the Gatha.
The division of karma and non-karma in the body is:
"Poraliyavegunviyamahaarayatejaranamakkammudaye |
Chauranokammasarira kammey ya hodi kammiyam ||244||"
Gatha meaning: These four bodies, which arise from the arising of the Audarik, Vaikriyik, Aharak, and Tejas karmas, are non-karmic. Karma itself is the karmic body. ||244||
Special meaning: The four bodies (Audarik, Vaikriyik, Aharak, Tejas) that arise from the arising of karma are non-karmic.
Doubt: Why are the four bodies, Audarik, etc., called "non-karmic"?
Solution: The word "no" is used for both negation and slightness. Just as the word "no" is used for slightness in "no-kashya", similarly, the word "no" is used for slightness in "no-karma". These four bodies, Audarik, etc., do not harm the qualities of the soul, like karma. Just as the karmic body harms the qualities of the soul and causes it to wander in the four paths, these four bodies neither harm the qualities of the soul nor cause it to wander in the four paths. Therefore, these four bodies are called non-karmic. These four bodies are karmic
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1. "Punyaprakritipastirthapadadhimukhakhanyah." (Moolachar Pradeep Panchva Adhikar Klok 158 p. 200); "Punag Phala Parahanta" [Pravachansar Gatha 23], "Pahanta: Malu Sakalasamyakparipkava-purvalpapadapa-p.la Ev Bhavanti." [Acharya Amritachandra Krit Teeka]. 2. Go.Ji Ga, 216.