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ascertaining correctly the purposeful Jiva etc. Tattvas. So, this is the fault of knowledge. This is termed as wrong knowledge. And the right faith about Jiva etc. Tattvas is not evolved; so, it is the fault of belief; this is termed as wrong belief. Thus, due to characteristic difference, the wrong belief and the wrong knowledge are stated to be different.
In this way, the nature of wrong knowledge has been described. This itself is termed as Ajnana (ignorance) owing to the absence of knowledge of Tattvas (realities), and (since) it does not accomplish the purpose of the self so the same is termed as Kujnana (folly).
The Nature of Wrong Conduct Now the nature of wrong conduct is being described : The passional disposition which is produced due to the rise of Charitra Mohaniya (conduct-deluding karma) is termed as Mithya Charitra (wrong conduct). Here one is not found with the conduct of the self intrinsic nature and instead wants to follow the false conduct of the non-self nature, which does not materialise; therefore, its name is wrong conduct. The same is being explained.
The nature of the self (soul) is knowing and seeing but the self does not remain a seer and a knower only; whatever objects he sees and knows, he believes them to be beneficial-harmful; therefore, due to attachment-aversion feeling, he wants the association of some object and dissociation of some object, but their association or dissociation is not in his hand, because no substance is the creator or destroyer of any other substance; all substances modify according to their respective nature; he unnecessarily becomes agitated due to passional disposition.
And if, by chance, a substance modifies according to his desire it has not modified by his effort to modify it that way. As a cart moves and if a child by giving a push to it believes that “I am moving it. then his belief is false. If it moves due to his effort then why does he not move it when it does not move? Similarly, the substances modify on their own and this Jiva by knowing that modification believes that “I am modifying these this way", but his belief is false. If the substances modify due to his effort then why does he not modify them
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