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touches hot charcoal. We have the knowledge that we can get
burned by hot charcoal, and yet if we accidentally touch it, we
will still get burned, will we not? Will it not give its ‘effect’? It
can be said that it gave its effect, can it not?
Dadashri: That is called effect (prarabdha). An agnani
(not Self-realized) binds karma because of his belief, ‘I am
Chandulal.’ When this belief breaks, he becomes free from karma
bondage.
Questioner: So, Dada, it is correct by Gnan, but when
he is doing something and he has bad thoughts, does he have to
do pratikraman?
Dadashri: ‘You’ do not have to do pratikraman. ‘You’
have to make him (‘Chandulal’) do pratikraman. You have to
erase the liability, do you not? When you do pratikraman, you
are erasing the liability. You have to say, ‘Chandubhai, why did
you do atikraman? Now do pratikraman,’ and thus You erase
the liability.
Questioner: And if pratikraman is not done, is there
danger of liability?
Dadashri: That is what remains. You will have to do
pratikraman. Instead, is it not better to go ahead and do the
pratikraman? ‘Why did you do atikraman? So now do
pratikraman.’ Otherwise, after attaining this Gnan, all that
remains is for one to suffer the effect of karma (prarabdha).
Questioner: Atikraman occurs while suffering the
prarabdha- karma, but…
Dadashri: Pratikraman has to be done. ‘You’ have to
make him (‘Chandulal’) do it and make him wash.
Questioner: What occurs if he does not wash it?
Dadashri: It will have to be washed again.