Answer

In Jain Dharma, “evambhūta vedan” should not be understood as a crude one-to-one replay of the exact same external act.

So:

• If you slander, the karmic result may be dishonor, harsh speech, humiliation, loss of reputation, or being spoken against.
• If you hurt others, the result may be pain, injury, fear, or other sufferings.
• This is a correspondence of nature, not necessarily an exact literal repetition.

It is also not mainly a theory of sequence in the sense that “good karma must be experienced first and bad karma later.” Different karmas mature according to their own bondage, intensity, duration, and rise (udaya). So the order of fruition is not simply based on when you did good or bad actions.

Explanation

In Jain karma theory, bandha and vedan are related but not the same:

• Bandha = bondage of karma
• Vedan / anubhava = the experience of its fruition

Karmic fruition is generally based on similarity of result, not a strict external mirror.

For example:

• insulting others may mature as being insulted
• causing sorrow may mature as sorrowful experience
• creating fear may mature as fear and insecurity
• harming bodily life may mature as bodily pain, weakness, illness, or injury

But the exact outward form can vary. Jainism does not require that the same person must do the same act back to you in the same way.

So the correct idea is closer to:

• karma ripens according to its own nature
• the result matches the kind of act and intention
• it is not merely a mechanical sequence of “first good, then good’s fruit; later bad, then bad’s fruit”

Spiritual Understanding

The deeper Jain teaching is that intention, passion, and consciousness create karma.

This means:

• pride, anger, deceit, greed, and cruelty bind inauspicious karma
• humility, restraint, compassion, and non-attachment bind auspicious karma
• the fruit comes when the karma matures, not only in the order we expect

So the spiritual lesson is not to calculate rewards and punishments, but to purify conduct and inner attitude.

Gotra Karma

About gotra karma:

Gotra karma is mainly of two kinds:

• Uchcha gotra: leads to noble, respected, honorable birth and social standing
• Nichcha gotra: leads to low, obscure, or less respected birth and standing

What is bound?

Gotra karma binds through:

• māna (pride, ego, superiority)
• avamāna / avinaya (contempt, disrespect, lack of humility)

What is experienced?

Its fruition is experienced as:

• birth in a respected or less respected family
• being honored or disregarded by others
• noble or humble social conditions
• associated status and esteem

Does it bind every moment?

Yes, in the sense that every moment of ego or humility-related activity can attract new bondage. But the fruition is not experienced every moment as a visible event. The karma may remain bound and later rise when its time comes.

So for gotra karma:

• binding happens through present inner states and conduct
• vedan happens later as birth-status, honor, or lack of honor

Takeaway

The safest Jain understanding is:

• Karma gives a fitting result, not necessarily an identical replay
• Fruition is by nature, not by simple sequence
• Gotra karma affects honor, status, and family condition
• Its bondage is continuous, but its fruit appears when it matures

If you want, I can also explain this in the language of 8 karmas and show exactly where gotra karma fits among them.