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Be that as it may, complete deliverance from the veil and covering of karmı is called moksha or emancipation from the miseries and afflictions of the world. Karma, we have seen, is the cause of bondage of the soul. But the karını which whirls us round and round through the cycle of sansar has been classified either into papir or punya. Punya and påpa are the causes of all our weals and woes with this difference only that those who commit sin go down to the lower grades of sansár, or sink into hell to suffer penalties as the natural consequences thereof whereas those who perform virtuous acts take births in the higher grades of sansår to enjoy there the pleasures of life and achieve the objects of their desire So påpa and punya botlı have got to be worked out for the attain - ment of freedom-moksha.
Here one my argue that if nirhard or purging means complete washing out the soul of all karma-matter, påpa and punya, foreign to it, how are we then to look upon punyakarma which is enjoined on us as means to the attainment of the state of bliss and beati
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