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THE EXCELLENCE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
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ANNOTATION 14. In those days, the belief was current that a female is reborn as a female and a male as a male; a rich man is reborn as a rich man; and a muni as a muni. Bhagavan Mahāvīra repudiated this general belief and established the principle of the possibility of rebirth in any genus. According to this, the variety of karma causes change of genera in rebirth.
१५. भगवं च एवं मन्नेसिं, सोवहिए हु लुप्पती बाले । कम्मं च सव्वसो णच्चा, तं पड़ियाइक्खे पावगं भगवं ॥
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Stationary creatures may be reborn in the species of mobile beings and vice versa. Living beings are prone to be reborn in any of the genera of beings. The ignorant beings are reborn into different genera because of their own karma.
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१६. दुविहं समिच्च मेहावी, किरियमक्खायणेलिसि णाणी | आयाण- सोय मतिनाय - सोयं, जोगं च सव्वसो णच्चा ॥
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Bhagavam ca evam mannesim, sovahie hu luppati bāle. Kammam ca savvaso nacca, tam paḍiyāikkhe pāvagam bhagavam..
An ignorant person's accumulation of possessions culminates into his (spiritual) destruction. Reflecting thus, and knowing fully well the (consequences of) karmic bondage, the Bhagavan vowed not to commit sin.
Duviham samicca mehāvi,kiriyamakkhāyaṇelisiṁ ṇāṇī. Ayana-soyamativāya-soyami, jogam ca savvaso ņaccā..
After having weighed the pros and cons of both kriyā - vada (actionism) and akriyāvāda (non-actionism), and having known fully the influx of Karmic matter
In the Sutrakṛtānga 1/12/20, 21, it has been mentioned: Attāna jo jāņai jo ya logam, jo āgatim jāņai (a) -ṇāgatim ca.
Jo sasayaṁ jāna asāsayaṁ ca, jātim maranam ca cayaṇovavātaṁ..
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