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તે તે ભોગ્ય વિશેષનાં, સ્થાનક દ્રવ્ય સ્વભાવ, ગહન વાત છે શિષ્ય આ, કહી સંક્ષેપે સાવ.
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Te Te Bhogya Visheshnän, Sthänak Dravya Swabhäv; Gahan Vät Chhe Shishya A, Kahi Sankshepe Säv.
There are places for bearing the respective consequences, depending upon the nature of the Karma. O' pupil, this is rather an intricate phenomenon and has been stated here in brief. -86
Ätmasiddhi
Explanation & Discussion:
Every living being is seen as undertaking some activity. As such, there are innumerable activities and infinite Karma. The question may therefore arise whether there could be so many places where the fruits of all such Karma can be extended to different souls. Are there abodes like heaven and hell, where different souls can bear the consequences of their wholesome and unwholesome Karma?
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The explanation of this stanza in Vachanämrut (# 718) points out that there is no scope for apprehension that if God is not accepted as the dispenser of consequences and as the Creator, how can there be special locations like heaven and hell, where the consequences can be borne? One need not be skeptical on such grounds, because the best wholesome
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