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harmed; on whom should he (siddha) become angry? None is higher than Siddhas. The Lord Indra, etc. themselves bow to them and achieve the desired object; with whom should he feel exalted ? All destiny is known, nothing is left undone, no purpose remians with any object; in which thing should he have greed ? No other agreeable thing remains unattained; due to what reason should he indulge in laughter ? No other agreeable object remains worth loving; where should he have liking ? No distress causing external association remains; where should he have disliking ? No favourabledisfavourable association-dissociation take place; why should he feel lamentation about anything? No cause creating harm remains, why should he have fear from anything? All things are cognized by him with their inherent characteristics, nothing is disagreeable to him; where should he have disgust? Due to absence of sexual affliction no purpose remains of cohabiting with woman and man both; what for should he feel the sex-passion peculiar to man, woman or eunuch ? Thus, in Siddha state there is total absence of the causes producing Moha.
Further, because of feeble power due to rise of Antaraya (obstructing) karma the soul's energy was not manifested fully; now it is destroyed; so, the misery also got destroyed. And infinite energy of soul is manifested; hence, the cause of misery has also disappeared.
Question: The Siddha Gods do not perform the acts of charity, benefit, enjoyment, re-enjoyment; how has their power got manifested?
Answer: These acts were the treatment of the disease; when there is no disease why should one take treatment ? Hence, there is no existence of these acts and the karmas obstructing these acts got destroyed, that is why the power is said to have got manifested. For example, someone wanted to go somewhere; some other person obstructed him, then he was unhappy and when the obstruction is removed then the purpose for which he wanted to go is now no more. Therefore, he did not go. There, even without his going, the power of going is said to be manifested; similarly, one should know here also. Further, they are found possessing infinite energy in the form of infinite knowledge, etc.
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