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Worldly Soul is not tree from lappiness or misery, that is to say, the worldly soul lias to experience happiness or undergo misery, because it is involved into good or bad karmas that are caused by goodi u had actions.
(34576i at fara fãosfat a festa. ”
A-sariram vā vasantai priya' priyé na spričatab. "The soul which is devoid of body, and which is mukta free and which lives at the top of Loka (universe), remains unaffected by happi11-ss or misery, because, such a free soul has no Karmas causing happiness or misery. These Vedic words clearly indicate that the soul has bondage, as well as, freedom (salvation). In this way, you have been overwhelmed by a doubt because of such contradictory Védic words.
But 0 Mandit ! this doubt of yours is improper, because you have not followed the meaning of the verse,
स एष विशुमो विभु बध्यते संतरवि वा मुव्य ते मोक्यति वा, न वा एष बाह्यमभ्यंतरं वा वेद ।
Sa ésa vigugo vibhu-r-na badhyaté samsaratı vă mucyaté mocayatı vă, na vā éşa bāhyamabhyantaram vā védar
The interpretation of the verse is not as you do it. It is as follows :
Listen-le av farnut fara sa éșa viguņo vibhun) fagur Viguna means it is devoid of the quality of Chadma-sthapana and fert vibhuh means all-pervading due to Kévala Jnána-Perfect Knowledge i-e. this free soul la aega na badhyaté] does not fall into the bondage of Karma l-e it is devoid of the bondages of good or bad actions, because, the free soul is devoid of Mithyatva (Wrong Perception) resulting from the bondage of Karmas. Tereta a samsarati vā] such a soul has put to wander in the Universe, because, wandering in the form of births and re-births in this world, is possible only to those who are under the clutches of Karmas, but the free soul is free from them, and it does not
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