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number. It may also be said that the Soul's bondage of actions is determined by its inclinations and as they are infinite in number the varieties of actions too are infinite. But these varieties of actions can be classified in *eight main types. Of these eight varieties of actions the most common and important one is the infatuating or deluding action. It effectively binds the Soul. It is compared with liquor. As a man under the influence of liquor totally forgets himself and does many actions un-becoming him, so does the soul under the influence of Self-ignorance cherish many dreams and whims and holds wrong beliefs. It believes that its body is its self, that sense-enjoyment is the source of abiding pleasure and happiness, that its body is holy, that there is no soul apart from living body. Misguided by such beliefs the Soul behaves with prejudices and meets with confusion and chaos, and it gets entangled in feverish activities. If the infatuating action is rendered ineffective and destroyed then all the rest of the actions get easily gone.
कर्म मोहनीय भेद बे, दर्शन चारित्र नाम । हणे बोध वीतरागता, अचूक उपाय आम ॥१०३।। Karma mohaniya bheda be, darshana charitra nama, Hane bodha vitaragata, achuka upaya ama 103 It pollutes Faith and Conduct both, Unfailing means accordingly, Enlightenment by Teacher's truth, Unattachment true distinctly. 103
There are two types of the infatuating actions. The one is called the Darshana Mohaniya the action which clouds the soul's faith in its nature. In it the Soul confuses the transient with the eternal, the changing with the
* 1 Jnanavaraniya 2 Darshanavarniya 3 Vedaniya
4 Mohaniya 5 Ayu 6 Nama 7 Gotra 8 Antaraya
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