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fresh Karmic bondage, From practical point of view only, it is said that primary cause of these impure activities is soul and operation of Karmas is an auxiliary cause.
एदेसु हेदुभूदेसु कम्मइयवग्गणागयं जंतु । परिणमदे अट्टविहं णाणावरणादिभावेहिं ॥ १४३ ॥ एतेषु हेतुभूतेषु कार्मणघर्गणागतं यत्तु ।। परिणमतेऽष्टविधं ज्ञानावरणादिभावैः ॥ १४३ ।।
143. Owing to the (auxiliary) cause (of thought-activity) that which (is) in the form of Karmic molecules is modified into eight kinds of knowledge-obscuring and other Karmas.
Commentary. The impure thought-activities already stated are the auxiliary causes only of the bondage of 8 kinds of Karmic classes and of their sub-classes. Primary cause of Karmas are the Karmic molecules themselves of which this universe is full and which have got the capacity of being attracted by soul's vibrations and transforming themselves into Karmas with various kinds of strong or mild fruition, When they are bound, their bondage is dependent also for long or short duration on the intensity or mildness of passions. They themselves operate on maturity in their due time and then shed off.
तं खलु जीवणिवद्धं कम्मइयवग्गणागयं जइया। सइया दु होदि हेदू जीवो परिणामभावाणं ॥ १४४॥
तत्खलु जीवनिबद्धं कार्मणवर्गणागतं यदा। तदा तु भवति हेतु वः परिणामभावानाम् ॥ १४४ ॥
144. Certainly, when matter in the form of Karmic molecules binds the soul, then only the soul becomes the cause of its modified thought-activity.
Commentary. The transformation of Karmic molecules into Karmas and the auxiliary cause of this bondage process i.e. the impure thoughtactivity of soul work simultaneously. Such being the fact of
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