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iii) Antraya karmas makes the heart miserly, acts as a barrier
in our attainment of material things, makes us incapable
to enjoy the acquired comforts and decreases our strength
and enthusiasm.

iv) Amongst Mohaniya karma, Darshan Mohaniya leads to
false beliefs while Charitra Mohariya leads to passionate
feelings of love, hatred, sensual desires, anger-greed-pride-
deceit, joy and fear, etc.
Q. : If love and hatred are negative feelings, then is the love
for Almighty Lords and hatred for sins also wrong ?

A. : No, these are positive feelings when they come under the
shadow of non-attachment (vairagya)and samyakdarshana
(right faith). “If you love Paramatma because he gives
wealth, material benefits or while doing business if
you have hatred towards theft because it reduces your
customers and earnings, then this love or the God or
hatred for sins is also not a virtue.

To conclude the feelings of love and hatred are impure by
nature but the shadow of vairagaya and samyakdarshan make
it pure.
You can thus deduce that it is the Mohaniya karmas which lead
to impure feelings. Mohaniya karma is the king of all karmas
because it acts on the fruits of the other seven karmas.

For e.g. Gyanavarniya karmas lead to absence of knowledge
but if it is accompanied by Mohaniya karmas then the absence
of knowledge leads to disturbance, stress and sorrow.

Similarly rejoicing on attaining a peaceful sleep or considering
it to be spoiling your work is again due to the Mohaniya
karmas.

Also pride or joy on attaining shata, the desire to savour
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