________________ MOKSHA THE LIBERATION 207 prevent the acquisition of new Karma and to eradicate the bondage of the old ones. The former is Samvar and the latter is Nirjara. Thus for the state of Kaivalya one has not to look outside. He has simply to be free from the bondage of defiling Karmas and experience his own undefiled state. As a soul becomes free from the defiling Karmas, it attains the state of Kaivalya. That is the state of omniscience. After attaining that state, there may or may not remain the impact of non-defiling Karmas. In the latter case the soul attains instant liberation. In the former case the impact of nondefiling Karmas is going to last during the remaining span of life. At the end of that life they would be stripped off and the soul attains the Karmaless state. The state of Kaivalya is thus a precursor to the attainment of liberation. At that stage there is total absence of the factors, which can lead to Karma. There is no scope for acquiring new Karma. Hence it is the state of liberation. Sutra 3 therefore states that total destruction of all Karmas is liberation. औपशमिकादिभव्यत्वाभावाच्चान्यत्र केवलसम्यकत्वज्ञानदर्शनfHesrdezt: 1180-811 10.4: Aupashamikadibhavyatvabhavachchanyatra kevalsamyaktvajnandarshansiddhatvebhyah (Liberation manifests by overcoming all the modes except those of Kshayik Samyaktva, Kshayik Jnan, Kshayik Darshan and Siddhatva as well as the mode of Bhavyatva and Abhavyatva.) This sutra deals with the modes, which are destroyed at the time of liberation. It was pointed out in chapter two that Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
