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The Gommatasara Karmakanda-10 Samadhana Swarupa Gatha says:
"Vedaniya karma, due to the power of mohaniya karma, destroys the (avyabath) qualities of the jiva, like ghatiya karma. Therefore, mohaniya is placed before vedaniya in the midst of ghatiya." (19)
**Explanation:**
Vedaniya karma destroys the jiva's qualities (avyabathguna) only when it arises due to the rati-arati (attraction-repulsion) aspects of mohaniya karma. It brings together the objects of the senses, which are the causes of sukha (pleasure) and dukha (pain), and makes the jiva experience them. Therefore, vedaniya is placed before mohaniya in the midst of ghatiya karma.
The nature of an object is neither good nor bad. As long as raga (attachment) and dvesha (aversion) exist, the jiva considers some things desirable and others undesirable. The same object may be pleasant to one person and unpleasant to another. For example, the bitter neem leaf is unpleasant to humans but pleasant to camels. This proves that the object itself is neither pleasant nor unpleasant. If the object were inherently so, it should appear the same to both. Therefore, it is established that vedaniya arises only due to raga-dvesha, which is mohaniya karma, and only then does the jiva experience pleasure and pain through the senses.
Without mohaniya karma, vedaniya karma is like a strong army without a king. It cannot cause the experience of pleasure and pain arising from the senses, but it does destroy the avyabathguna.
Thus, the order of karma is established as follows:
"Jnana-avaran, darshan-avaran, vedaniya, mohaniya, ayu, nama, gotra, and antaraya - this order of karma is established as the same as the previous order." (20)
Now, the nature of karma is explained through an example:
"Just as the potter, the merchant, the carpenter, the blacksmith, the farmer, the weaver, and the laborer have their own specific functions, so too karma should be understood in the same way." (21)
1. Pra. Pan. San. Prak. Samu. Gatha 3.