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Shedding of Karma (Nirjarā)
उवभोगमिंदियेहिं दव्वाणमचेदणाणमिदराणं । जं कुणदि सम्मदिट्ठी तं सव्वं णिज्जरणिमित्तं ।। 193।। Uvabhogamindiyehim davvāṇamacedaņāņamidarāņam. Jam kunadi sammaditthi tam savvam nijjaranimittam. ||193|||
उपभोगमिंद्रियैः द्रव्याणामचेतनानामितरेषाम् ।
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To an enlightened being every experience of association or consumption (Upabhoga) of animate or inanimate object through the senses becomes the cause of shedding of Karma (Nirjarā). [193] Annotation
At every moment the Karma which come in fruition give rise to some experience to the living being. Immediately after that these Karma responsible for that experience get detached from the soul. Such detachment takes place at every moment to every worldly living being whether MithyāDrști or SamyagDrşti. However, while experiencing the Kārmika fruition a MithyāDrşti realizes oneself as the owner and doer of that experience. Therefore, a MithyāDrști gets bonded with the new Karma. Thus the advantage of detachment of the old Karma is lost by the bonding of the new Karma in case of a MithyāDrşti. But as explained in stanzas 71, 166, 176, etc., an enlightened being (SamyagDrşti) does not
