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## Navapadartha - Mokshamarg Varnan
**Commentary:** In this world, due to the influence of the endless bondage-like upadhikās, the worldly being experiences a continuous cycle of snigdha parināma. From parināma arises karma, which is made up of pudgala parināma. Karma leads to the attainment of gati, which in turn leads to the acquisition of a body. From the body arise the indriyas, which then lead to the perception of objects. This perception of objects gives rise to raga and dvesha, which again lead to snigdha parināma. This cycle continues endlessly, with parināma leading to karma, karma leading to gati, and so on. In this way, the interconnected cause-and-effect relationship between the jiva parināma and the pudgala parināma-based karma binds the jiva in the cycle of samsara, causing it to endlessly revolve like a wheel.
Therefore, it is said that the jiva parināma, which is the cause of pudgala parināma, and the pudgala parināma, which is the cause of jiva parināma, are the seeds of the seven substances (punya, papa, etc.) that will be discussed later. || 128-130 ||
**Commentary:** If the dravya is completely parināmit, then there is only one substance, which is the parināma of the combination of jiva and pudgala. Or, if the dravya is completely aparināmit, then there are only two substances, the pure jiva and the pure pudgala. There is no occurrence of punya, papa, etc., so what is the fault? The absence of bondage and liberation is the fault, and to eliminate this fault, parināma and aparināma are completely negated. If this negation is accepted, then how can there be parināma? And if there is no parināma, then how can the seven substances occur? The student asks: Even if there is some parināma, and the seven substances of punya, etc., occur, their purpose is fulfilled only by the jiva and ajīva, because they are just different forms of the jiva and ajīva.
**Response:** The purpose of mentioning these seven substances is to show the nature of the desirable and undesirable for the bhavyas. This is what is being said: Suffering is undesirable, and its cause is samsara. The cause of samsara is the bondage-related substances, and their cause is the triad of mithyadarshana, mithyajnana, and mithyacharita. Therefore, happiness is desirable, and its cause is liberation. The cause of liberation is the pair of samvara and nirjara. And their cause is the triad of samyagdarshana, samyagjnana, and samyacharita. Thus, the two substances of jiva and ajīva, which were mentioned earlier, and the seven substances of punya, etc., which will be discussed later, together constitute the nine substances. This concludes the section on the establishment of the nine substances.
**Further:** From now on, the combination-parināma of jiva and pudgala, which was established earlier based on the power of some parināma, should be understood as the cause and seed of the seven substances of punya, etc., which will be discussed later. In the fourth chapter of the Pātanikā, it is said: "The jiva who is in samsara experiences parināma. From parināma arises new karma. From karma arises gati in the gatis. This is the first verse. The one who has attained gati acquires a body. From the body arise the indriyas. From the indriyas arises the perception of objects. From this arises raga and dvesha. This is the second verse. Thus, the jiva experiences delusion and wandering. Where? In the cycle of samsara. What is its special characteristic? It is described by the Jina Virs. What is its further special characteristic? It is endless and without beginning or end, in comparison to the abhavyas and bhavyas. This is the third verse. For example, although this jiva is inherently pure and has the nature of pure knowledge and vision, due to the bondage of endless karma, it experiences impure parināma, which is characterized by atmasamvitti. From this parināma arises karma, which covers the inherent nature of the jiva, which is characterized by infinite knowledge, etc., and binds the jiva with pudgalika karma, such as jnanaavarana, etc."