In Jain dharma, karma does not depend on “how many kilometers” you travel, but on:

1. Your inner feeling (भव)
2. The type of हिंसा you cause while travelling

So:

1. Your भाव for Girnarji yatra

• You went for darshan, bhakti and shraddha.
• Such yatra, with good भाव, generally binds बहुत सारा पुण्य कर्म (especially if there is:

- विनय – respect for Tirthankar, sadhus, sastra - त्याग – some physical hardship, climbing, fasting, etc. - शुद्धि – trying to keep mind and conduct pure)

This पुण्य can be much more than the छोटा पाप from travelling itself.

2. हिंसा due to travelling

• When we use vehicles, there is अनिवार्य सूक्ष्म हिंसा (small beings dying on road, in air, etc.).
• For this, कर्म बंध होता है, but its heaviness depends on:

- Were you careful and alert, or rash and careless? - Was there क्रोध, अहंकार, लोभ while driving? - Or were you in शांत, careful, prayerful mood?

If you travelled with care, no anger, no show-off, no intoxicants, then the पाप is lighter.

3. Did you get “more wrong karma”?

• You did not automatically get “more bad karma” just because the distance was 500 km.
• You likely collected:

- पुण्य from Girnarji yatra, darshan, पूजा, तप, भाव. - Some पाप from the हिंसा of travel (which is normal in today’s जीवन).

In Jain view, this kind of यात्रा, done with सम्यक भाव and afterwards प्रतिक्रमण, is generally considered spiritually beneficial, not harmful.

4. What you can do now

To balance and purify:

• Do प्रतिक्रमण (even short, व्यक्तिगत pratikraman):

- “मैंने यात्रा में जितने भी जीवों की हिंसा की हो, जानकर या अनजाने, सब से क्षमा मांगता/मांगती हूँ।”

• Recite “क्षमा-याचना”, Logassa, पंचिन्दिय, नवकार with भावना of:

- “सब जीवों को मैं क्षमा करता/करती हूँ, और सब से क्षमा मांगता/मांगती हूँ।”

• In future travels:

- Avoid night driving if possible - Drive slowly, carefully - Maintain शांत मन, no anger, no loud abusive talk - Keep दिवस as much धार्मिक as you can (पाठ, मंत्र, विचार)

So, no need to feel guilty or scared. Instead, feel grateful for the पुण्य अवसर (Girnarji yatra), and softly correct whatever हिंसा unavoidably happened by pratikraman and more awareness in future.