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in accordance with its very nature. On such an occasion purvaprayoga acts as a cause on account of which the emancipated jīva undertakes upward motion. By Pūrvaprayoga is to be understood the impulse imparted by the karma which had been bound down earlier but was released just now. Just as the potter's wheel made to whirl by means of a stick continues to whirl even after the stick has been withdrawn—this because of the impulse earlier imparted to it and in a measure proportional to the quantity of this impulse, similarly, a jīva released from karma makes, because of the impulse received from this earlier bound karma, an upward motion in accordance with its very nature. However, its upward motion proceeds not beyond the end of the loka, the reason merely being an absence of dharmāstikāya in that region.
How as a result of the sliding away of the obstructing karmic substance the upward motion of a jīva is facilitated has been elucidated by means of the illustration of the gourd-jar and of the castor-seed. A gourd-jar smeared with various pastes lies at the bottom of water but when these pastes happen to be rubbed away this jar naturally comes up to float on the surface of water. Again, the castor-seed closed within its sheath erupts out as soon as this sheath gives way. Similarly, a jīva undertakes upward motion as soon as its karmic bondage is done away with. 6.
A Consideration of the Situation of an Emancipated Soul in Terms of Twelve Items :
Kșetra or region, kāla or time, gati or species, linga or sign, tīrtha or spiritual overlordship, cāritra or right conduct, pratyekabuddhabodhita or whether enlightened through one's effort or through that of another enlightened personage', jñāna or cognition, avagāhanā or bodily size, antara or interval, sankhyā or number, alpabahutva or relative numerical strength-these are the twelve items in terms of which the emancipated souls are made an object of investigation. 7.
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