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## First Karma Granth
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Lord Shri Veer Jinendra Dev is endowed with all these qualities and attributes. Therefore, the author has paid homage to him at the beginning of the granth. Thus, indicating the meaning of the words of the auspicious invocation, now the subject of the granth is indicated.
### Definition of Karma
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Whatever is done by the jiva through mithyatva, aviriti, pramada, kshaya and yoga is called karma, i.e., the subtle particles of karma, which are present in the infinite space, are attracted by the raag-dvesh-atmak action of the soul, like a magnet, and become attached to the soul's space, they are called karma.
Karma is pudgalik. That which has touch, taste, smell, and color is called pudgal. Earth, water, air, etc. are made of pudgal. The pudgal that becomes karma, i.e., transforms into the form of karma, is a kind of extremely subtle dust, i.e., dust, which the senses (even with the help of instruments) cannot know, but only the omniscient, the only knower, or the perfect clairvoyant knows it through his knowledge. When the pudgal capable of becoming karma is taken up by the jiva, it is called karma.
1. **Vishay kshayah rangiyahan je anuy lagati. Jiva-ame mohiyahante te jig kamma bhayanti.**
2. (a) **Roop-ras-gandh-varg-vantaha pudgalah.**
- **Paramatma Prakash 162**
- **Tattvarth Sutra A. 5 Sutra 23**
(b) **Poggale panchavane pancharase dugandhe atthaphse pannatte.**
- **Vyakhya Prajnaptti S. 12, 05, S. 450**