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OUTLINES OF JAINA PHILOSOPHY by means of the samavāya, so here also karma is connected with jiva.
How could the amūrta soul be favourably or adversely affected by the mūrta karma ? The answer is: It can be affected in the way as vijñāna, etc., are affected by a drink of wine, medicine, etc.
Or, tlie mudane soul is not absolutely amūrta, because it has assumed an alteration in the continuous chain of karma, which has no beginning. Now, since karma is mūrta and ātman is similar to karma to a certain extent, cītman is also mūrta to a certain extent even though it is amurta by its svabhāva. Consequently, the soul can be affected by the mūrta karma.
