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it gets washed off. He does pratikraman for all the atikraman
he did.
Questioner: So he does not do any atikraman in a
‘four-legged’ life. He goes there to suffer.
Dadashri: There is no other problem. He suffers it for the
sake of suffering; that is all. He returns to human life after suffering
it all. It is not that he will remain stuck there; he will not be able
to remain stuck there even if he says he wants to. He will be
asked to leave as soon as he has paid off his karmic debt
(hisaab).
Questioner: Will one go to the animal life if he has done
a lot of atikraman?
Dadashri: The fruit of many atikraman is a life in the
animal form. And the consequence of even worse atikraman is
a life in hell.
Questioner: Many people take better care of pets than
they do of humans.
Dadashri: That is because there are some fortunate ones
(punyashadi – one with merit karma) too; even those who do
atikraman have merit karma (punya) and these pets are treated
royally.
Questioner: So they have done hurtful karma (atikraman)
as well as merit karma (helpful karma); both karmas together.
Dadashri: They do atikraman for the good of others.
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Questioner: But you said that atikraman done for the
good of others is not considered a mistake.
Dadashri: It gives merit karma (punya). He would even
come as an ox belonging to royalty.