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rough ; feeling pity for the impoverished ; all these four make one acquire the forty-two kinds of Punnya, where as roudra dhyan, årta dhyân, the five kinds of mithyåtva (subreption), sixteen kasháyas, five kinds of desires, all lead a jiva to acquire eighty two kinds of Papa. The wise and the aspirant to freedom must know all these and reflect on the degrading tendencies they are inherent with, to work havoc on the jiva through the influx ; and so a jiva should guard himself and
conduct himself accordingly. (8) Samvar a Bhavand-Samvara is the
stopping of the influx. This samvara is of two kinds-relative and absolute. Relative samvara means the partial stoppage of the influx, while Absolute samvara means the complete stoppage of the influx. This latter kind of samvara is only possible with the ayogi kevalins. The relative samvara
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