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types of fruit. As soon as those fruits appear, the
original, genuine fruits are destroyed. The maxim is
used to describe a situation in which sundry things
survive and the chief matter is ruined.
 
Laukikanyayakośa
 
151. कर्णकौन्तेयन्यायः
 
Cf. राजपुत्रव्याधन्यायः
 
So long as Karṇa did not know that he was the son of
Kunti, he was thinking that he was the son of Rādhā.
When he came to know the truth, he began to call
himself the son of Kunti. This maxim is used when the
 
later realization (reality) dawns on a person.
 
152. कर्मविपर्यासन्यायः
 
This maxim is applicable to a situation in which the
order of cause and effect is reversed.
 
153. कलविङ्कघटन्यायः I यथा घटेवरुद्धः कलाविङ्कस्तन्मुखापावरणे
बहिरुड्डीय गच्छति, तर्हितकल्पनापि सत्या।
 
- योगवासिष्ठ, निर्वाण, उत्तरार्ध 97.10
 
The Kalavinka bird which is caught in a closed earthen
pot, flies away as soon as the cover of the pot is removed.
So also the individual soul encased in the body, escapes
immediately when the actions (and their effects) are
annihilated.
 
154. कलविङ्कघटन्याय: II
 
कलविङ्कघटन्यायो धर्म इत्यपि तद्विदाम् ।
तथात्मसिद्धे म्लेच्छानां तद्देशेषु न दुष्यति ।
 
- योगवासिष्ठ, निर्वाण, उत्तरार्ध 97-10
 
If a Kalavinka bird is kept in a jar, closed with a lid
and after some time the lid is removed, the bird inside
soon escapes. Similarly, the individual self encased in