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## Gommatasar Karmakanda - 9
Now the reason for the sequence of karma like Jnanavarana etc. is being told -
**Abbarahidadu puvvam, naanam tatto hi sanam hodi.**
**Sammattamado viriyami, jeevajeevagadami di charime.** ||16||
**Meaning:** Among the qualities of the soul, Apana is the primary. Therefore, knowledge is placed first. After that, Darshan is mentioned, and then Samyaktva. Viriya is in the form of power, which is found in both the living and the non-living. Therefore, it is mentioned last.
**Special Meaning:** The rule of grammar is to place what has fewer letters first. For this reason, knowledge is mentioned first because it has fewer letters and is the most revered. Then, Darshan and Samyaktva are mentioned in sequence, and finally, Viriya is placed last because there is the power of knowledge etc. in the soul and the power of the body etc. in the Pudgala. In this way, one should know the sequence of the covering of knowledge etc., i.e., Jnanavarana, Darshanavarana, and Mohaniya and Antaraya.
Although Antaraya karma is destructive, why is it mentioned at the end of the non-destructive karma? The solution to this is given in the next verse -
**Ghadivi aghadi va. Nisasanam ghadane asakkaddo.**
**Namatiyanimittado, vigdham padhidam aghadi charimzhi.** ||17||
**Meaning:** Although Antaraya karma is destructive, it is not capable of completely destroying the qualities of the soul like non-destructive karma. Antaraya karma performs its function due to the cause of name, lineage, and Vedaniya; therefore, it is mentioned at the end of the non-destructive karma.
Now the sequence of other karma is being told -
**Aubleena avadhiddi, bhavassi idi naamamaupuvvam tu.**
**Bhavamassia nichuccham, idi godam naamapuvvam tu.** ||18||
**Meaning:** Due to Ayukarma, there is existence in Bhava. Therefore, Ayukarma is mentioned before Namakarma, and due to the support of Bhava, there is lowliness or highness. Therefore, Namakarma is mentioned before Gotrakarma.
Why is Vedaniya karma, even though it is non-destructive, mentioned in the middle of the destructive karma? This doubt...