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## Karika 92:
**Devaagam**
Sometimes, a living being outside the field of vision suddenly jumps and falls under one's feet, and dies being crushed by that foot. Even when one is in a state of meditation with complete control over one's body, if a living being flies rapidly and collides with their body and dies, then in this way too, they become the cause of its suffering by being an obstacle in its path. Many righteous, detached ascetics with subdued passions and supernatural powers, merely by the touch of their body or by the air that has touched their body, cure the sick and make them experience great happiness. There are many other ways in which they become the cause of others' happiness and suffering. If the very act of becoming the cause of others' happiness and suffering leads to the inflow and bondage of merit and demerit in the soul, then how can such passionless ascetics escape the bondage of merit and demerit in such a situation? If they too fall into the bondage of merit and demerit, then there can be no arrangement for liberation or moksha; because the root cause of bondage is passion. It is also said, "Passion is the root of all bondage." "Due to the presence of passion, the soul attracts karmic particles, and that is bondage." Therefore, the absence of passion is the cause of liberation. When the absence of passion itself becomes the cause of bondage, then there is no cause left for liberation. In the absence of a cause, the effect also disappears, thus leading to the absence of liberation. And in the absence of liberation, there can be no arrangement for bondage either, because bondage and liberation, being mutually contradictory principles, are inseparably connected - one cannot exist without the other. This has been clearly explained in the commentary on the previous Karika. When there can be no arrangement for bondage, then the story of the bondage of merit and demerit becomes mere talk. Therefore, from the perspective of sentient beings, the aforementioned singular arrangement of merit and demerit is flawed.