Moksha Marg Prakashak

Author(s): Todarmal Pandit
Publisher: Kundkund Kahan Digambar Jain Trust

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CHAPTER-I
Answer : The predominating factor of Jivas getting pleasure and pain is the rise of their own karmas, according to that only the external instrumental causes are met with, so the one whose sinful karmas are in rise (operative state) does not get help-rendering cause and the one whose pious (auspicious) karmas are in rise (operative state) does not get the punishment rendering cause.
How such instrumental cause is not met with, is being explained:
The Devas (celestial beings) can not know everything simultaneously due to Kshayopashama Jnan (destruction cum subsidence type of knowledge) hence knowing of the person observing obeisance and the one not observing obeisance takes place rarely to some celestial being etc; so if they do not know them, how could they help or puhish? And if they know them then if their (Devas) passion be extremely feeble, then the instinct of helping or punishing does not arise and if the passion be intense then religious feeling can not arise and if the passion for involvement in such act be of average degrees and one may not have power then what can he do? In this way, the instrumental cause of rendering help or giving punishment does not materialise.
If one has capacity and due to rise of passion of average order has compassionate feeling also and in such states he should also be knowing pious-impious form of duty towards other Jiva then some celestial being etc. helps some pious fellow - or punishes some impious fellow. Thus there is no set rule for such action.
It is to be understood here that the desire of being happy, not being miserable, seeking help, creating trouble - all that is full of passion, is painful instantly as well as in future; therefore, discarding such desire and being aspirant of passiionless-science only, I have observed obeisance to Arhantas etc. in the form of invocation etc. .
Authenticity of This Book and Scriptural
Tradition After such obeisance, the meaningful book named Moksha Marg Prakashak is being written. There, for proving and establishing the fact that this book is authentic', the old tradition is being followed and explained thus :