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and then fall off from the tree or it may be plucked only when it is half ripe or even unripe, and then it be ripened by artificial means, so also nirjarā means destroying the Karma before it matures and bears its fruits in its regular course. The attainment of moksa can be hastened by artificially bringing the Karmas to an end and by completely detaching them from the soul for ever.
Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
The Karma pudgalas while standing in some relation with the soul assume various phases through successive processes of transition according to laws that are inherent in them. The Karmas are divided into four kinds. They are-Satta Karma, Bandha Karma, Udaya Karma, Udirna Karma.' When the soul becomes free from the fourfold Karmas through the processes of dissipation (nirjarā) with the help of right perception, right knowledge and right conduct, the soul becomes omniscient (Kevalina), and realizes the final state of liberation. As Nahar and Ghosh say "Having attained the Kevala jñāna, the cause of forging fresh fetters of bondage being absent by virtue of samvara or stoppage, and nirjarā being yet in the process of working, the jīvanmukta kevalin gradually becomes free from all the residue of Aghatiya Karmas known as a Vedaniya, Ayu, Nama and Gotra and thereafter attains to a state of bliss never ending and beatitude everlasting. The realization of the jiva of this, viz. his permanent state of being in knowledge and delight infinite is what is termed as Mokṣa, freedom or emancipation
1 Nahar and Ghosh : An Epitome of Jainism, pp. 585-86, 87.
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