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Vedaniya (3) which is vicious. In the Ayushya Karma - the life as humans and gods is virtuous and as tiryancha () it is both virtuous and vicious, while the naraki () is entirely vicious. In the Nama karma, the shubha prakriti (4) is virtuous, while the ashubha prakriti (3) is vicious. In the Gotra karma, the higher gotras are virtuous and the lower gotras are vicious. Thus the four aghati karmas are both virtuous and vicious.
Now, in the case of the Arihant, firstly there are no ghati karmas at all and in the aghati karmas too they are predominantly virtuous. Thus the vicious feelings and vicious karmas are both destroyed and their soul is absolutely purified. Indeed, since he has managed to destroy the terrible faults like attachment and aversion, he is totally pure.
गति प्रतिष्ठा त्राण दाता आवरणसे मुक्त हैं- Propitiation of the Arihant gets a jiva three things. One is gati (a) - birth in a higher order. Whoever sings the praises of Arihant with a pure heart will never face durgati (ffa) - birth in a lower order of life. Not only that, the propitiation of Arihant makes one an Arihant, that is, it enables one to attain liberation in the fifth gati.
Secondly, it provides a status. What is a status? A person who is looked upon by the society with respect is said to be of a certain status. But Brothers! this status is something that the society has created and approved. It is something which comes and goes. It cannot be permanent. A person may be holding a high position today, but if he suffers a setback financially he loses his status; and again if luck favours him and he manages to recover his wealth and begins to draw respect in a group of five people. But we are not considering such status. The point here is not of being respected by five people, not of being propitiated by five people but of being categorised among the five. Categorised where? Among the five categories of the pancha parameshthi (). Tell me! Where really is your status among these five? Find yourself a slot in at least one of them. Arihant, Siddha, Acharya, Upadhyaya and Sadhu - which of these five
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