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Chapter 14: Guru's Explanation of Liberation
જેમ શુભાશુભ કર્મપદ, જાણ્યાં સફળ પ્રમાણ; તેમ નિવૃત્તિ સફળતા, માટે મોક્ષ સુજાણ.
IICEI
Jem Shubhäshubh Karmapad, Jänyä Safal Pramän;
Tem Nivrutti Safalatä, Mäte Moksha Sujän.
As you came to know about the fruitfulness of the wholesome and unwholesome Karma, so is their cessation fruitful; O' seeker, there is therefore liberation.
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Explanation & Discussion:
It is admitted that the activities of worldly souls are mostly wholesome or unwholesome. They are usually undertaken with a sense of attachment or resentment. That sense invariably bears fruits. If the activity is wholesome, it provides fruits in the form of good consequences; if it is unwholesome, it provides fruits in the form of bad consequences. There is, however, a third approach, which can be termed as pure. If one withdraws from the sense of attachment as well as resentment, his activity remains pure and thereby he does not acquire new Karma.
The term Nivrutti in this stanza is in the sense of such withdrawal (or detachment). Nivrutti does not mean inactivity, as some people might think. As long as one is alive, he is going to be involved in some mental or physical activity. It is therefore not possible to remain totally inactive. One can, however,
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