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256 Pratikraman 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.