Answer

No. In Jain Dharma, puṇya-bandha does not occur in the vanaspati-kāya, pṛthvī-kāya, or agni-kāya merely because their material bodies later become connected with auspicious religious objects or events.

The puṇya or pāpa bondage belongs to the jīva according to its own bhāva—its attachment, aversion, intention, passion, and spiritual state—not merely because its body-substance is later used as a flute, vāsakṣepa, Prabhu-pratimā, or appears as a dream-symbol.

Explanation

In Jain karma theory, bondage happens primarily through:

• Yoga — activity of mind, speech, and body
• Kaṣāya — passions such as anger, pride, deceit, greed
• Rāga-dveṣa — attachment and aversion
• Mithyātva or samyaktva — wrong faith or right faith

So, the karmic bondage is determined by the inner state of the soul, not by later external usage of its discarded or transformed body.

For example:

• A bamboo plant may later become a flute used in devotional music. But the plant-jīva does not automatically gain puṇya because others use that bamboo auspiciously.
• Sandalwood may be used for vāsakṣepa in worship. But the sandalwood-tree jīva does not gain puṇya merely because its body-material is used in worship.
• Stone or earth material may become a Prabhu-pratimā. The pṛthvī-kāya jīva does not automatically gain puṇya because that matter becomes an idol.
• Agni-śikhā appearing in the auspicious dreams of a Tīrthaṅkara’s mother does not mean the agni-kāya jīva gains puṇya merely from being part of that symbolic dream.

In all such cases, the benefit belongs to the souls who engage with reverence, devotion, samyag-bhāva, and dharmic intention.

Spiritual Understanding

Jain Dharma gives highest importance to bhāva.

An object may become religiously sacred in use, but karmic bondage is not transferred mechanically to the soul associated with the material substance. Puṇya-bandha occurs when a jīva itself has auspicious internal disposition, such as:

• devotion toward Arihant, Siddha, Guru, Dharma,
• compassion, humility, restraint,
• right faith,
• reverence without worldly attachment.

One-sensed beings such as vanaspati-kāya, pṛthvī-kāya, and agni-kāya have very limited manifestation of consciousness and do not perform devotional bhāva in the way developed mobile beings can.

Therefore, the fact that their body-material becomes useful in worship does not itself create puṇya-bandha for them.

Takeaway

Puṇya and pāpa are bound by the soul’s own bhāva, not by the later religious use of its body-material.

So, bamboo used as a flute, sandalwood used as vāsakṣepa, stone used as Prabhu-pratimā, or fire appearing as an auspicious dream-symbol does not automatically cause puṇya-bandha in those vanaspati-kāya, pṛthvī-kāya, or agni-kāya jīvas.