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ન્યાસુમાંજલિ.
[ Sallymangoes to eat; nor is it possible that no sooner do we take our seat in the railway carriage, we reach our destination. We have to make allowance for time. Even Karman begins to operate when it is time for it to do so. It rains during the rainy season-in its proper season and we experience heat in summer and cold in winter. A lotus expands at sun rise and gets contracted at sun-set. Thus it is clear that every event takes place in its proper season. Nay, even in the attainment of salvation, time has a hand; for, one has to wait till one's Karmans get annihilated.
Svabhava or nature,
Svabhava, too, must be taken into account while considering the achievement of an object. It is not that even in due course of time, we can expect to get rice in case we have sown the seeds of wheat. Equally true is the remark in the case of women who have come of age, for, it cannot be expected that each of them can give birth to a son. It is again nature that explains why some of the souls ( Abhavyas) shall not attain salvation, however long they may wait for it. Is it not owing to nature that we find fire hot, and ice cold ?
Karman
We cannot ignore Karman which is also one of the causes that govern the achievement of an object. We fail to explain some anomalies in this world, if
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