|| तत्वबोध -- 70||

karma explanation by guru TB-70
सञ्चितं कर्म किम् ?

sanchitam karma kim?

The student now asks the gur about the stored karma.. and the guru rplies:

अनन्तकोटि anatan koTi = countless crores

जन्मनां janmanAm = of births (are to be taken by each jeeva)

बीजभूतं सत् bIja bhUtam sat = being the seed for those births

यत्कर्मजातं ya karma jAtam = that which has been born out of ALL AgAmi karma



पूर्वार्जितं pUrva Arjitam = that which has already been posted to the account of the jeeva in his prior births

तिष्ठति tiShThati = that which stays glued to that specific jeevA's account

तत् tat = all of that unfructified puNya and pApa karma

सञ्चितं ज्ञेयम् sanchitam gnyEyam = may it be known as sanchitam karma (SK)

This is not an ordinary declaration by the shruti.. we have been doing karma since birth.. as animals and higher life forms we merely exhaust pApam and puNyam dollars..! As humans we transact business with the entire creation and gather more pApam and puNyam dollars.

Not all of these dollars can be spent in one janma.. so we have more to spend that what we gather (unlike modern economy )

These puNyam can be equated to the credit account we have and pApam can be equated to the debit account we have..

When the credit is tooooo mcuh, a devA or dEvatA body is given.. when we are in the total red, an animal for mis given.. then somehow these tend to be more or less equal.. then KABOOM.. one manushya janma or human birth.

A possibility is given to sever the kArmic account totally and falsify the doership and enjoyership..

But alas.. we only are desirous of aquiring more puNyam and papam.

Though a few of us wake up and wonder what this birth and death are all about.

for these few people alone bhagavAn has given each one of us the ability to produce a child.

There will be NO animal teaching us value system and upanishat and thus mukti.. except perhaps in pancha tantra stories..!

These few serious mumukshus have to go to a guru and upanishat and remove self ignorance.. no other way!

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