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Further, even the above mentioned state may not continue; while making efforts one may have such rise of Asata that none of his efforts may succeed and it may cause severe agony which may be unbearable; then due to its agitation one may become distracted, there he feels extreme sorrow.
So, in this world, the rise of Sata Vedaniya is very rarely found to someone due to the rise of some Punyakarma (auspicious karma); most of the Jivas are found having the rise of Asata Vedaniya for a long time. Therefore, whatever efforts one makes are false.
Or, believing happiness and unhappiness by association of external things, is nothing but fallacy. It is obviously seen that happiness and unhappiness are caused due to the rise of Sata and Asata Vedniya karma through the instrumentality of Mohaniya (deluding) Karma. The person possessing one lakh rupees feels unhappy by an expenditure of one thousand rupees and the person possessing one hundred rupees feels happy by gaining one thousand rupees. The external wealth of the former is ninetynine times more than that of the latter one. Or if the possessor of one lakh rupees is desirous of gaining more wealth then he is unhappy and if the possessor of one hundred rupees has contentment then he is happy. And on getting similar things one feels happy and other feels unhappy. For example, on getting a corse cloth someone feels unhappy and someone feels happy. Andon rise of pain of hunger, etc. in body, dissociation of external favourite thing, association of unfavourite thing, someone feels more miserable. Hence, happinessunhappiness do not depend on external things; rather on rise of SataAsata karma, due to association of disposition of Moha, happinessunhappiness are caused.
Question : About external objects your above statement is accepted buton getting pain in body one assuredly feels unhappy and on not having pain one feels happy - this happiness unhappiness appear to be dependent on the condition of the body only?
Answer: The functioning of the knowledge of the soul is dependent on senses and senses are the parts of body; so whatever condition is produced in this (body) the knowledge gets engrossed in
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