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increase or decrease. Hence there is no chance for the incoming of new karmas. The experiences he has therefore all relate to the previous karmas which are present in him already. When they begin to operate they produce corresponding psychic in the right believer who, in spite of his neutral, attitude, must necessarily experience the fruits of his previous karmas. Thus the previously acquired karmas after producing their inevitable result exhaust themselves and cease to be. This is nirjarā or wearing down of karmas.
After describing the wearing down of material karmas the author next describes the consequential bhāvanirjară, the corresponding psychic result.
दव्वे उवभुज्जते णियमा जायदि सुहं च दुक्खं वा। तं सुहदुक्खमुदिण्णं वेददि अह णिज्जरं जादि ॥१६४॥ davve uvabhujjamte niyamā jāyadi suham ca dukkhaṁ vā tam suhadukkhamudiņņam vedadi aha nijjaraṁ jādi (194) द्रव्ये उपभुज्यमाने नियमाज्जायते सुखं च दुःखं वा।
तं सुखदुःखमुदीर्णं वेदयते अथ निर्जरां याति ॥१९४॥
194. Useful and enjoyable objects of the perceptual world when they are enjoyed by the right believer, inevitably produce pleasure or pain as determined by good or bad karma. Since these pleasant or painful feelings are indifferently experienced by the right believer, they wear themselves down and this is nirjarā.
Next the power of knowicdge is extolled.
जह विसमुवभुजंता विजापुरिसा ण मरणमुवयंति । पोग्गलकम्मस्सुदयं तह भुंजदि णेव वज्झदे णाणी ॥१९५॥ jaha visamuvabhujjamtā vijjāpurisā ņa maraņomuvayamti poggalakammassudayam taha bhuộjadi ņeva vajjhade ņāņā (195) यथा विषमुपभुजानाः विद्यापुरुषा न मरणमुपयान्ति । पुद्गलकर्मण उदयं तथा भुङ्क्ते नैव बध्यते ज्ञानी ॥१९५॥
195. Just as a person who is an expert in anti-poison lore, even though he takes poison, does not meet with death, even so when the karmic materials become mature and produce their inevitable results of pain and pleasure, the knowing Self with a neutral attitude experiences these but remains unbound.
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