Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 4

Author(s): Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker
Publisher: Parimal Publication

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Vada]
Nihnavavāda
that time. Here if it is believed that a Karya is not produced during the process of its production at the present time, it could neither have been produced at any time in the past nor at any time in future. For, the kriyā-kāla of the past or future is either perished or unproduced as the case may be. It is therefore, a-vidyamana like the horn of an ass. This shows that what is being done (Kriyamāņa) has alone been done (krita). For if Kriyamāņa is not krita, where is it done?
Again, it is not proper to assert that Karya is produced after the Kriya is over. In spite of the absence of Kriya, if the production of a Karya is accepted, the Kārya should have as well been produced before the beginning of Kriya, since there is Kriyābhāva at that time also.
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The present tense is known as Kriyamāṇa-Kāla and the period following it, is Krita-Kāla or say Kārya-Kāla. If you say here that a Kārya which was undone (till now) has been done but that which has already been done is not done, we ask you this question: Is the Karya produced with or without the help of kriya? If it is produced with the help of kriyā, how could Kriya and Karya take place at different times? By putting a cut into the Khdira tree, a palāsa tree is never cut off.
It is also not true to say that Kārya takes place after the Kriya is over, and is not actually produced in presence of Kriyā. For, by saying so, Kriya will prove to be an obstruction rather than an instrument in the accomplishment of Karya and this will give rise to a number of self-contradictions.
Lastly, if it is held that Karya is produced without the help of Kriya, the trouble undergone by a potter desirous of ghata, by way of bringing earth, pounding it, moulding it into a lump, placing the lump on the wheel and moving the wheel in a circle, would entirely turn futile. Following your ideology, one can say that those desirous of Final Emancipation, should not perform penances or observe self-control etc12.
12. The sentences of Veda such as अग्निहोत्रं जुहुयात् स्वर्गकार्मः,
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