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prArabdha karma explanation by guru TB-71

प्रारब्धं कर्म किमिति चेत् | इदं शरीरमुत्पाद्य इह लोके एवं सुखदुःखादिप्रदं यत्कर्म तत्प्रारब्धं भोगेन नष्टं भवति
प्रारब्धकर्मणां भोगादेव क्षय इति |TB-71|
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प्रारब्धं कर्म = prArabdham karma किमिति चेत् kim iti chEt = if you were to ask what it is.. (I will tell you now..)
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इदं idam = This
शरीरमुत्पाद्य = sharIram utpAdya = body has been born (due to that set of karma)
इह iha = in this
लोके lokE = world itslef
एवं Evam = In this manner


सुखदुःखादिप्रदं sukha dukha Adi pradam = which has started giving experiences of pleasure and pain
यत्कर्म yat karma = that subset of karma
तत्प्रारब्धं tat prArabdham = that is known ad prArabdham karma (PK)
भोगेन bhogEna = by enjoyment
नष्टं naShTam = the destruction
भवति bhavati = (of PK) happens..
प्रारब्धकर्मणां prArabdha karmaNAm = for PK
भोगादेव bhogAdEva = by experiencing them alone
क्षय इति kshya iti = the zeroing or negation of PK takes place|

Here the guru has explained how AK generates new karma phalams to be added to the jeeva's account. some results are "seen" or dRShTa phalam and some are "unseen" or adRShTal phalam..

That any karma has unseen phalam also is the main reason why many do not even believe in the karmic model.

Then the left over karma phalam is ready to bloat the SK bag.. and as these fruits have been gathered in countless janmas, they are also available for us to assume any one of the 8.4 million life forms available to us.

Of course, at birth, we are all given a starting capital to exhaust.. this is PK..

The kArmic model can NEVER be proved.. nor anything that has been written so far.. that is why we accept shruti as the means of knowledge in revealing such information..

WHERE OUR COMMON SENSE AND LOGIC HAVE NO ACCESS.. VEDA IS APPLICABLE AS A MEANS OF KNOWLEDGE ONLY IN THAT AREA OF INVESTIGATION..

While nobody is twisting anybody's arm in accepting veda, veda also in not really interested in our acceptance of shruti. Thus shruti is is one of the most unique scriptures available to us.!

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