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It is not true to say that as sarisara perishes when karman is brought to an end so the soul also should perish and there can be no moksa since sansara is brought about by karman; it is but proper that it should perish in the event of the destruction of its cause; but the soul is not caused by karinan, and so it can persist even when there is no karman. It is a rule that when the cause and the more extensive (vyāpaka) entity are not there, the effect and the less extensive entity respectively cannot exist. Karma is neither the cause of jīva, nor is there any relation of concomitance between them wherein karma is more extensive than jiva. So the latter can persist even when karma is no more, and thus there is no difficulty in recognising mokşa (1980).
The imperishableness of the jīva can le proved by an inference: "Jiva is not perishable, because as in akaśa, so here too no change or divisibility is observed. What is perishable undergoes change or is divisible, like jar etc. divided into potsherds. The soul is eternal and so mokşa too should be eternal" (1981).
It can be argued that whatever is krtaka, caused, is brought about, caused, and invariably perishes, e.g. jar; mokṣa may not be perishing every moment of its existence, but being caused, it must perish with the pilssage of time. But this is not true; there is no invariable rule that whatever is caused must invariably be perishable. The posterior non-existence (pradhvamsăbhāva) of jar, for example, is křtaka, caused and yet it is eternal. So mokṣa too can be eternal, even when it is krtaka. If it be said that posterior non-existence is no example, as it is tuccha (a non-entity) like iss's born, this is not true, as it is not tuccha; ghata-pradhvatusabhava is a positive (existent) substance characterised by the destruetion of jar (1982–3).
Till now it has been assumed that mokṣa is krtaka. But in reality, the soul is not at all affected when it is dissociated from karinic matter and so mokşa should not be looked upon as something caused. If a jar in space (akāśa) is destroyed, this has no effect whatsoever on space wliich remains as it
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