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TATTVÄRTHA SUTRA
can be explained by an illustration. If a mud ball is flung at a wall, the ball would stick to it. Even after it is removed from the place, the spot would remain on the wall. That can be erased by cleaning with water or other suitable liquid. Similarly Karma resulting from Sämparäyik Äsrav is strong and can be eradicated with much effort.
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If, however, a rubber ball is flung at the wall, it would immediately come back without any impact or with very little impact on the wall. Similarly Karma resulting from Iryäpathik Äsrav is weak and has a momentary impact. It is therefore said that the Karma resulting from an activity undertaken with a detached mind is acquired at one moment, is experienced at the second and is stripped off at the third. Käusagga, which is undertaken after undergoing any movement, is therefore termed as Iryäpathik Käusagga.
अव्रतकषायेन्द्रियक्रियाः : पञ्चचतुः पञ्चपञ्चविंशतिसंख्या: पूर्वस्य भेदा:
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तीव्रमन्दज्ञाताज्ञातभाववीर्याधिकरणविशेषेभ्यस्तद्विशेषः ॥६-७॥
6.6: Avratkashäyendriyakriyäh Panchchatuhpanchpanchvinshatisankhyäh Poorvasya Bhedäh
6.7: Teevramandjnätäjnätbhävviryädhikaranvisheshebhyastadvisheshah
(The former results from absence of restraint, defilement, sense organs and inappropriate activities. They are respectively of five, four, five and twenty-five types. The intensity of the bondage depends upon the activity undertaken with sharpness or mildness, knowingly or unknowingly, vigorously or otherwise and the means employed for the purpose.)
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