Jaina Karmaology

Author(s): N L Jain
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith

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Jaina Karmology
12.Q. What is the effect of the realisation of ocular conationobscuring etc. karmas on the living beings?
A. The living one becomes deprived of the functions of seeing etc. due to senses of sight etc. on the realisation of ocular and non-ocular conation-obscuring karmas. There is obscuring of the capacity for these functions in the one-sensed, deficient-sensed and five-sensed living beings despite their having senses or sense-organs.
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13. The living beings become deprived of clairvoyant conation due to the realisation of clairvoyant conation-obscuring karma. 14. The living being is unable to manifest perfect conation due to the relisation of perfect conation-obscuring karma.
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There is a state of darkness and deep darkness respectively due to the realisation of sleep or deep sleep conation-obscuring sub-species.
16. There is a state of whirling of head, eyes and body etc. even while sitting and light or heavy movements due to the realisation of drowsiness and deep drowsiness conation-obscuring species. The drowsy person does not see despite the movements of dozing eyes and body. The deeply drowsy person has highly dozing eyes and he is unable to see any thing even during or after the pains due to weaponoperations (like arrows etc) on his body.
Supplementary Notes
1. The commentary deals with the follwoing points:
(a) The nine sub-species of conation-obscuring karma are mentioned and defined properly.
(b) The first four sub-species of this karma have been stated in possessive case while the other five species have been stated in nominative case in the aphorism. This means they could be differentiated or non-differentiated from the karma according to the intentions of descriptions.
(c)
(i)
The repetition of terms could be there under two conditions: Due to difference with respect to time, location etc. and Due to continued repetition of the process.
(ii)
Both conditions are applicable here to justify the repetition of terms like 'Nidra-nidra' etc.
(d)
It is said that there are sleeps etc when there is the realisation of sleep etc. karmas alongwith pleasure-feeling producing karma.
(e)
The various states of the living beings observed due to realisation of these karmas have been specified.