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Gapa 356-360
Jnanamargana/445
**Solution:** The riches of Tirthankaras, Ganadharas, Rishis, Chakravartis, Baladevas, Vasudevas, Devas and Vidyadharas are the fruits of punya (merit).
What is the story that describes the fruits of papa (demerit) called?
**Solution:** The story that describes the fruits of papa (demerit) is called Nirvedani Katha.
What are the fruits of papa (demerit)?
**Solution:** Birth in the realms of hell, animal, and human, old age, death, disease, pain, and poverty, etc. are the fruits of papa (demerit).
Or, the story that generates vairagya (dispassion) towards the world, body, and enjoyments is called Nirvedani Katha.
**Also, there is:**
"Aakshepani tattva vidhan bhutaam vikshepni tattva diganta shuddhim.
Shanveni gi dharma jaaga nidi vaar maan viragaam."
- The Aakshepani Katha is the story that describes the tattvas (principles). The Vikshepni Katha is the story that purifies the visions obtained from the tattvas, i.e., it purifies the one-sided visions of the other religions and establishes the truth of one's own religion. The Sanvegini Katha is the story that describes the fruits of dharma (righteousness) in detail. The Nirvedani Katha is the story that generates vairagya (dispassion).
While expounding these stories, one should not preach the Vikshepni Katha to a person who does not know the Jinavachan (Jain scriptures), i.e., who has not entered the Jinavachan. This is because a person who does not know the secrets of his own religion and hears the stories that expound the other religions may become confused and accept falsehood. Therefore, one should not preach the Vikshepni Katha to a person who does not know the secrets of his own religion, but should preach the other three stories.
One who has understood his own religion well through the above three stories, who knows the nature of punya (merit) and papa (demerit), who is attached to the Jinshasan (Jain religion) like the marrow is attached to the bone, who has no doubts about the Jinavachan, who is detached from enjoyment and pleasure, and who is endowed with tapas (austerity), sheel (conduct), and niyam (rules), only such a person should be preached the Vikshepni Katha later.
For one who imparts knowledge in a perfect manner, even this story becomes a story. Therefore, one should preach the story of the sadhu (saint) only after finding a worthy person.
This Anga (part) called Prashnavyakaran also describes the nature of st, nasht, musht, chinta, labh, alabh, sukha, dukha, jivit, maran, jay, parajay, naam, dravya, aayu, and sankhya according to the question.
The Anga (part) called Vipaksutra describes the fruits of punya (merit) and papa (demerit) karma (actions) through one crore eighty-four lakh verses.
The total number of verses in the eleven Angas is four crore fifteen lakh two thousand verses. 1. P. Pu. 1 Pri. 106 Ga. 65.