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their own; he unnecessarily becomes the doer of them. There the work which goes right according to his will, about it he says- 'I did it and if it goes wrong then he says, 'What can I do? Rather he thinks "so was to happen or why did it happen like this?” But either he should have been the doer of all such deeds or should have remained the non-doer, (but) he does not think so.
Although he knows that death is certain, yet being sure of his death he does not do any thing worth doing; rather he indulges in the activities concerning the present embodied existence only. And being sure of his death, he sometimes says, “I will die and the body will be burnt"; sometimes says, “If my fame remains, I remain alive"; sometimes says, “If the sons, etc. will survive, I will survive". In this way, he prattles like a mad man and thus remains unconscious (about the self).
Although he knows well that he has to leave for next embodied life, yet he makes no effort for getting agreeable and avoiding unagreeable associations for the next birth and instead makes ceaseless effort in order that the generation of his sons, grandsons, etc. may remain in agreeable condition; nothing unagreeable may happen to them.
Although, after someone's death, the property collected in the present existence is not seen rendering any help, yet in spite of being sure of next birth, he continues to protect and acquire property, etc. in this birth.
And due to indulgence in sensual pleasures, passional acts and acts of injury, etc., he himself becomes unhappy and miserable; becomes foe of others and reproachable in this world and becomes miserable in the next world also. All this he knows well, yet indulges in the aforesaid acts only. Although in many ways he himself perceives all this well, yet he believes, knows and follows contrarily. So, all this is the glory of delusion.
In this way, this Jiva is found indulging in wrong belief-knowledge-conduct from begninningless time. Due to this indulgence, the association of karmas creating several kinds of miseries in this world is found. These (preverse) dispositions alone are the seeds of all
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