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obstructing Karmas come to the end at that state and the soul attains total detachment. That does not require much endeavor and is completed within 48 minutes. That leads to manifestation of the omniscience. Take the note; the omniscience does not come from outside; it was lying latent within and now manifests itself.
15) Chär Karma Ghanghäti Te Vyavachchhed Jyän, Bhavanän Beej Tano Ätyantik Näsh Jo; Sarva Bhäv Jnäta Drashtä Sah Shuddhata, Krutkrutya Prabhu Virya Anant Prakash Jo. Apoorva.
As the seed of embodiment is ultimately destroyed by uprooting of the four defiling Karmas, the soul may merely know and remain aware of each and every mode, and stay gratified with its infinitely illuminating vigor and inherent purity.
When?
Omniscience, which is inherent in the soul, becomes manifest, as and when the bondage of defiling Karmas is erased. All the four defiling Karmas, viz. the perception-obscuring, knowledge-obscuring, deluding and obstructive Karmas are destroyed at the end of 12th stage. As such, the omniscience manifests itself and one rises to the 13th stage of embodied omniscience. Births and deaths take place by virtue of the defiling Karmas. Since they are now uprooted, they cannot rise again. Hence, the soul has not to take the new birth.
Such omniscient Lords stay alive for their remaining life spans. The total purity of soul prevails in that state due to the absence of the defiling Karmas. In absence of the deluding Karma the Lords do not have any degree of attachment and stay entirely unattached. They remain only Jnätä-Drashtä, i. e. they merely know and remain aware of what happens. As there is no impact of perception-obscuring or knowledge-obscuring Karmas at that state, their perceiving and knowing capacity does not remain obscured. It prevails infinitely.
This does not mean that they have to look for what happens. Since they stay above all physical as well as mental considerations, the question of physically perceiving and knowing does not arise in their case. By virtue of the internal purity, whatever happens is automatically reflected within. No effort is involved therein. That happens as naturally as the objects lying in front of a mirror are reflected therein.
Every soul is inherently equipped with infinite vigor, but the obstructing Karma lays limits to its exercising. Since there is no impact of that Karma at the omniscient level, the said limiting factor ceases to operate. As a matter of fact, the term 'exercising' is not applicable to the omniscient Lords, because they do not make any effort; but whatever happens in the pure state, happens in full vigor. By virtue of the absence of obscuring Karma, there is no limit to their capability and it prevails with the infinite vigor.
Thus, the omniscient Lords do not do anything, nor are they required to do anything. They simply stay gratified with the purity of soul and the manifestation of its inherent attributes. This statement may not seem applicable to Tirthankars, who spend the rest of their lifetime in preaching the right faith. They, however, do it not because they are required to do. That is done spontaneously by virtue of Tirthankar Näm Karma that they had earned earlier. Since it is a non-defiling Karma, its operation does not affect the purity of soul.
16) Vedaniyadi Chär Karma Varte Jahän, Bali Sindarivat Äkruti Mätra Jo; Te Dehäyush Adhin Jeni Sthiti Chhe, Ayush Poorne Matiye Daihic Pätra Jo. Apoorva.
With only situation-conferring and other non-defiling Karmas prevailing during the remaining life, the body may merely retain its shape like a burnt cord and no embodiment be warranted at the end of life. When?
Earlier it was mentioned that the spiritual pursuit mainly consists of overcoming the deluding Karma. There are, however, other Karmas, which also need to be overcome. There are mainly eight types of Karmas. Four of them are termed as defiling, because they tend to defile the state of soul. Omniscience arises when those defiling Karmas are destroyed. That occurs at the 13" stage, which is known as Sayogi Kevali, meaning the embodied omniscience. The omniscient Lords stay in the mortal bodies up to the end of their lives.
