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## Chapter 684, Jiva Kanda
## Verse 122: "That which purifies the soul or by which the soul is purified is punya. That which protects the soul from the auspicious is papa."
**The statement of the wrong view (mithyadristi) and the statement of the right view (samyagdristi) are both considered papa, but the wrong view is an infinite number of times more severe than the right view.**
**Verse 623:** The wrong view (mithyadristi) is a papajiva, which is infinite in number. The right view with the taint of wrong view (sasadan samyagdristi) is also a papajiva, but it is only a fraction of the infinite number of wrong views. The arising of a single infinite-bound karma causes a fall into the wrong view (sasadan) guna-sthana.
**Explanation:** The words mithya, vithath, vyaneek, and asatya are synonyms. The word dristi means vision or faith. Those jivas who have a wrong view (mithyadristi) due to the arising of the wrong view karma in the form of opposite, isolated, humble, doubt, and ignorance are called mithyadristi jivas.
The negation of right view is called sasadan. One who is afflicted with this sasadan is called sasadan samyagdristi. One who has lost their right view due to the arising of a single infinite-bound karma, but has not attained the wrong view (mithyadristi) state, but is facing the wrong view (mithyadristi) guna-sthana, is called sasadan samyagdristi.
**Doubt:** Since the sasadan samyagdristi does not have the arising of wrong view (mithyadristi), it does not have a false vision, therefore it cannot be a papajiva?
**Resolution:** No, because the opposite attachment (viparita-abhinivesha) is of two types. It arises due to the wrong view (mithyadristi) and also due to the arising of infinite-bound passions. The sasadan guna-sthana has the arising of infinite-bound passions. Therefore, due to the opposite attachment (viparita-abhinivesha) generated by the infinite-bound passions, the one with the sasadan guna-sthana is also a papajiva.
This will attain the wrong view (mithyadristi) guna-sthana according to the rule, therefore it is called a mithyadristi papajiva.
**Doubt:** The infinite-bound passions are charitra-mohaniya karma, then how can they destroy the right view?
**Resolution:** The infinite-bound passions are dual in nature. Therefore, they also destroy the right view.
**References:**
1. Sarvartha Siddhi 6.3
2. Paval Purana 1, page 162
3. Bhanal Purana 1, page 163
4. Gachchhal 1, page 361
5. Dhaval Purana 6, page 12