Tritaap — Three Sufferings

The three types of sufferings experienced by mind and body in the material world are called tritaap (Devanagari: त्रिताप ISO15919: tritāpa ).

Tri (त्रि) means three and taap (ताप) means afflictions. So, as the name suggests these afflictions can be divided into three categories.

Daihik taap

1. Daihik taap (Devanagari: दैहिक ताप ISO15919: daihika tāpa ) is of two types. This is also called adhyatmik taap (Devanagari: आध्यात्मिक​ ताप ISO15919: ādhyātmika tāpa​ ). These sufferings are
   1. mental diseases like anger, passion, greed, ego, misapprehension etc and
   2. physical diseases (e.g. cough, fever, cancer etc.) caused by imbalance of tridosh .

Daivik taap

Daivik taap (Devanagari: दैविक ताप  ISO15919: daivika tāpa ) are sufferings caused by nature like storms, floods, drought etc.

This is also called aadhideivik taap (Devanagari: आधिदैविक​ ताप  ISO15919: ādhidaivika​ tāpa ) .

Bhautik taap

Bhautik taap (Devanagari: भौतिक ताप ISO15919: bhautika tāpa ), also referred to as aadhibhautik taap (Devanagari: आधिभौतिक ताप​ ISO15919: ādhibhautika tāpa ) , are material sufferings caused by other humans, animals, insects etc. e.g. someone bullying you or robbing you etc.

Every jeev , before God realization , is subjected to these afflictions. As one performs bhakti the impact of these taap starts to reduce on that jeev .

However, after God realization , even though the jeev might continue to inhabit this earth yet these sufferings cannot affect the jeev . And in the divine abode Maya can't enter hence these afflictions have no place there.

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