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Even after being born as a human being, he is able to do antakrive only when he gets all favourable conditions.
In the fourth chapter of Sthununga Sutra four types of antakriya have been described. There are four types of antakriya
First Antakriya
If a soul is born as a human being with a very low density of karmas he is known as Alpukarma. This happens when, in his earlier births he sheds a larger part of the acquired karmas with ihe help of austerities and other such activities. Such Alpakarma individual soon gets detached and becomes an ascetic renouncing his social life, pulling out his hair and discarding passions.
He abounds in saniyan (discipline of five sense organs and mind, and clemency for six types of beings) and samvar (avoid 18 types of sinful activities. get rid of passions and block the five sources of inflow of karmas) and samadhi (that depth of meditation where inner agitations are quashed and equanimity is attained). He is free of the adhesive of fondness, desirous of crossing the ocean of rebirth to reach the bank of liberation, annihilator of sorrows with the help of the study of canons and observer of austerities.
He neither indulges in very harsh austeritics nor suffers acute afflictions.
Such person becomes Siddha. Buddhu and liberated after leading a long and disciplined life as an ascetic. He ends all sorrows.
An example of this is Chakravarti Bharat. This is the first type of antukriva. The antakriva of a person having low karma density, minimum suffering, and long ascetic life.
EXAMPLES OF FOUR TYPES OF ANTAKRIYA
BHARAT CHAKRAVARTI Bharat, the eldest son of Bhagavan Rishabhdev, was the chakravarti (emperor) of the area known as Bharat (six continents) in those days. His glory and grandeur had no limits Consisting of what to say of human beings even gods followed his word. In spite of all this he had an apathy and feeling of detachment for the regal wealth and mundane pleasures. A foster mother looks after children of others without considering them to be of her own and free of the illusion of thinking herself to be their real mother. In the same way chakravarti Bharat looked after his empire without considering himself to be the master. He considered it his duty as a guardian to provide a fatherly care to his people. So profound was the feeling of detachment in the mind of chakravarti Bharat.
It is believed that once in his discourse Bhagavan Rishabhdev said, "During this regressive cycle of time, mother Marudevi became the first Siddha (a liberated soul), I am the first Tirthankar and Bharat too is in his final incarnation. He is a man with very few karmas and shall get liberated during this birth."
Antakriddasha Mahima
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