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## Karmanuyoga Deepak, Part Two, First Chapter, Mangalacharan
**1. **Saluting the present Jina, the leader of the western Tirthankaras, whose blazing fire of pure knowledge burns away all karmas. **2.** Inspired by the welfare of the young, I describe, as per the scriptures, something about the karmas of those whose minds are afflicted.
**1. Question:** What is karma?
**Answer:** Karma refers to those pudgala atoms, which, having been transformed by the passions of the soul (raga, etc.), become karma.