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Soul Science : Samayasara by Jain Ācarya Kundakunda
bonding [on their fruition]. [But] the bonding happens in accordance with the Karma Bhāva of the soul in response [to the arising Karma][173]
Initially, they (the bonded Karma in existence) are not operative. But when they become mature they result in the [new] bonding of seven or eight types of Karma such as Jñānāvaraṇīya Karma-etc., in accordance with the soul's response to them. [174]
[The bonded Karma in existence] are non-functional just as a [married] female child is unfit for the man (her husband) for consummation; and those Karma become functional on maturity just as the same female attracts the man when she becomes adult [provided the man takes interest]. [175]
Therefore, an enlightened being (without any attachment with Karma] is called as the non-doer of bonding. Without Asrava Bhāva (soul's inclination of liking, disliking, and owning others), Pratyaya Karma [cannot cause bonding and, therefore,] are not regarded as the cause of bonding. [176] Annotation
Regarding the new Kārmika bonding the following points are to be considered: (a) Existence of the previously bonded Karma, (b) Fruition of the Karma, and (C) Asrava Bhāva or Karma Bhāva.
The existing previously bonded Kārmika dust leads to new bonding only when it comes in fruition and the Jīva at that moment of fruition has Āsrava Bhāva. This point is being explained by Ācārya Kundakunda through an analogy: Suppose, a female child gets married with a man. (Such a marriage is not common in the modern times but here we consider as an analogy provided by Ācārya Kundakunda to clarify the point.) Ācārya Kundakunda writes in stanza 175 that the consummation of the marriage by the husband cannot happen till she becomes adult; and even after her maturity when she attracts him then the union between the two cannot happen without the interest of the man.
