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I am the Soul
589 form of kshaya is adequate to remove four aghati karmas. Kshaya and kshayopashama are the two devices that are available for four ghati karmas, while for mohaniya there are three devices namely kshaya, kshayopashama and upashama. Therefore, if a jiva embarks on the tremendous effort, it can quickly destroy mohaniya.
Earlier the disciple had asked the question- कर्मो काळ अनंतनां शाथी FEU FE? – how the karmas piled up over infinite time can be eliminated in such a short human life? This is worthy of deliberation.
First of all, the coinciding of atma and karma has been happening since infinite time. Yet not a single karma has a period of infinity. Neither has a single jiva been left without karma. From infinite time until now all the eight karmas, along with infinite karmic pudgala groups, have remained with the jiva. Even today infinite karmas are along with the jiva. We may take this as the unending flow of karmas.
The moment the jiva binds karma, the nature, period, sections and area of the karma get decided. These we have discussed earlier. Of them, let us consider here the aspect of period. All eight karmas have different periods. Not just that, if we take the case of mohaniya karma, then the period of mohaniya karma being bound every moment is not the same always. It can range anywhere from a miniscule antaramuhurta to upto 70 Krodakrod sagar years.
As time ripens, so do the atoms rise one after the other, provide their result and wear out. They cannot remain even for an extra moment more with the atma than the period assigned to them. The longest period of mohaniya karma is 70 crodacrod sagar years. Hence that is the maximum length of time that it can stay with the atma. After that it has to separate from the atma. Therefore, it is proved that even the mohaniya of the longest
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