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Gommatasar Karmakanda-8
You are a hero, you are learned, you are handsome, son!
In the family you were born, elephants are not killed. (Therefore, if you don't run away from here, your life will not be saved.)
Meaning - The karma of Rajotirya becomes Anushya. No matter how much a person is endowed with knowledge and other qualities, the karma does not disappear in that state, because just as the body, mind and intellect are formed from Rajotirya, so are the thoughts of the living being. Food and external environment also have an impact on thoughts.
Now the functions of Vedaniyakarma are said to be -
Experiencing the objects with their forms etc. through the senses is Vedaniya. To experience it in the form of happiness is Saatavedaniya and to experience it in the form of sorrow is Asaatavedaniya. Therefore, the karma that causes the experience of happiness and sorrow is Vedaniyakarma.
Special Meaning - 'Vedhat iti Vedaniyam' i.e. whatever is experienced is Vedaniya. Saatavedaniya karma is that which brings together the material that causes the removal of sorrow and destroys the power of the material karma that produces sorrow. Asaatavedaniya karma is that which causes sorrow to a living being who is naturally happy and is a repellent of the material that causes the alleviation of sorrow.
To explain the order of the coverings, first the main qualities of the living being are mentioned -
The worldly living being sees the object and knows it. Afterwards, he believes it with certainty through the seven-fold categories of existence, non-existence, etc. Thus, perception, knowledge and rightness are the qualities of the living being.
1. Dh. Pu. 6 p. 10 Sutra 7 commentary. 2. Saatavedaniya is the best (most auspicious) because it produces excessive happiness. Dhavala 12/46 3. Gh. Pu. 13 p. 357 Sutra 88 commentary.