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I am the Soul this vibration attracts the karmic pudgala in the atmosphere and converts them into karma. Thus the atma itself, due to its ignorance, becomes the doer of karma.
When the atma is engaged in the state of knowledge, swaying in the engrossment of its own true form as a samyagdarshi - of true faith, the infinite energy - anantavirya - that resides in the infinite area of the atma gets elated, and introverted and discharges millions of karma - koti karma nirjara - at such times. It creates a sort of feeling of joy in the jiva which leads the jiva at a very fast pace to a state of total karma discharge. : The positive tremendous effort of the jiva utilises the atma's energy - atmavirya - for discharge of karma, while the negative effort earns infinite karma with the help of the atmavirya.
Here Gurudev is meaning to convey that the bhavakarmas of attachment and aversion arise in the shelter of chetan and become instrumental in the formation of karmas, which are inanimate. And therefore, according to Vyavahara Naya atma becomes the doer of karmas.
The purpose of saying all this here is that if the jiva is thus becoming the doer of karma, then it will also become the sufferer of karma. Bhava karmas attract Dravya karmas. As a result of the rise of the Dravya Karmas, the jiva begets this body form. Externally too, the activity of the body and the organs takes shape. It is this activity that leads to attachment and aversion and results in bondage of karma. Thus this whole wheel continues to turn. The root cause of all this is ignorance. The atma has to suffer karma as long as there is ignorance. The moment ignorance quits, the soul will become the doer-sufferer of the own natural disposition.
Gurudev developed this background to explain how the inanimate karmas can affect the animate. In spite of the Karmas being inanimate, as long as they reside in the same area as the
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