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can avert the nature of his karmas and can acquire beautitude after annihilating all these Karmas.
When Karmas enter the state of manifestation, they are very vehement in operation and so in the first state of revelation many phases of karmas crop up. In the second stage of manifestation these phases are lesser comparatively and in the third stage they are still lesser. Thus the last stage of dormant existence of Karmic particles is gradually diminished. When a granary is let loose through a hole, flood of grains rushes out with greater force in the beginning, and slowly the flow is emaciated or a bullet when discharged from a revolver has greater force at the outset which diminishes gradually.
FIVE FACTORS LIKE SUBSTANCE ETC.
Substance, place, Time, Sensation and birth are the five factors which help contracted Karmas to manifest themselves. One instance will be enough to clarify this point. Suppose a particular soul has contracted ASHATAVEDANEEYA Karma and therefore it is going to reap fever as a reward thereof. Now if the said Soul contracts fever by eating sweet-balls, then these sweet-balls form the substance as a contributing factor. Any place as Bombay, Ahmedabad or Surat in which fever is contracted forms the place or location as a contributing factor. Morning, Noon or Evening when the fever is contracted forms the time-factor. Cold climate keeping wakefulness late at night, uneasiness etc. form the 'Sensation' as one of the contributing factors and this life or any other life in which fever is suffered, forms the 'birth' as one of the factors giving rise to the manifestation of Karmas.
KARMAS ARE INDEFATIGABLE
Karmas which are being unfolded or manifested grant their fruit unfailingly, and the soul has to enjoy the very fruit. Also you must note that Karmas are never influenced under any obstruc tion. They operate under their fixed principles unflinchigly. Thus a prince or a pauper, a beggar or a millionaire, a Scholar or a dunce, a man or a woman; all have to bear the fruits of their acts. Powerful personages like Baldeva, Vasudeva, Chakravarti or Tirthamkara cannot escape the claws of Karmas; then how can a layman escape them ?
