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obstructed by the four ghatiya (destructive) Karmas. They are .. Jñänāvaraniya knowledge-obscuring) 2 Darśanāvaraniya (perception.obscuring; faith-obscuring) 3. Mobanîya (that which infatuates or deludes the soul (or makes it lose equilibrium of thought and feeling), and .. Antarāya (that which binders or obstructs the progress or success of the soul, From the very day of his diksa, Sramana Bhagavān Mahāvira had his mind fixed towards the attainment of that four-fold wealth of the soul. He waged a desperate war againt these enemies the four ghātiya Karmas-and having completely routed them, he drove them away and made all the regions of his soul, absolutely free from a trace of these inimical materials for ever. Keeping the distinction between the material body and the immaterial soul, he did not, in the least care for his body which, in the long run, was to Derish within a few years, but he always looked to the elevation of his soul This fact is clearly evident from his highly exemplary conduct during the twelve years and a half of his chadmastha state. Śramana Bhagavān Mahāvira strictly preserved the firm resolution that he had made on the day of his dīksā and he did not, on any account, swerve from his resolute determination, even when there was danger to his life.
Kévala Jñanins have discovered nine iattvas principal substances) in this world-viz i. Jiva (soul; life) 2. A-jîva (Nonsoul; matter) 3: Punya (merit) 4. Pāpa (demerit, sin) 5 Asrava (karma-movement) 6 Bandha (karma-bondage) 7. Samvara (karmacheck) 8. Nirjarā (karma-falling off; separation) and 9. Moksa (karma-liberation). Moksa tattva is the last ( ninth ). The two tattvas actually necessary for the attainment of Moksa are (a) the nirjară tative (falling away of karmic matter from the soul) and (b) the samvara tativa (checking of the inflow of Karmic matter). The nirjarā tattva renders nirasa ( sapless; withered; tasteless; insipid; feelingless) the Karmic matter which has become attached to the soul from times immemorial, and separates the accumulated mass from the regions of ātmā (the soul ). The sirvara tativa stops the inflow of new (fresh) Karmas arising from mithyātva (false belief), avirati ( vowlessness ), atc. As a
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