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## The Nature of Shukla Dhyana
**Yoga Shastra, Eleventh Prakash, Verses 56-61**
The meditation called "Sookshma Kriya Nivarti" is devoid of Sookshma Kaya Yoga. This is also known as "Samuccchinn Kriya." ||53-55|| ||948||
After this, the fourth Shukla Dhyana, called "Samuccchinn Kriya," manifests for the A-yogi who becomes a Kevali. This stops all actions. At the end of this, the four Aghatikarma are destroyed. ||56|| ||949||
After that, attaining the state of "Shaileshi" (immovable like Mount Meru) for the time it takes to pronounce the five short vowels "a, i, u, ri, lu," the soul simultaneously destroys the Vedaniya, Ayu, Nama, and Gotra Karmas from their roots. ||57|| ||950||
Then, abandoning the Audarik, Taijas, and Karman bodies, which are the root causes of the cycle of birth and death, the soul, devoid of any physical form, reaches the end of the universe (Lokant) in the Siddha Kshetra in a single moment, without touching any other space. ||58||
It is said, "After abandoning the final body on this earth, the soul goes there and attains Siddhi." Here, the question arises, "Why doesn't the soul go beyond Lokant while ascending? Or, after abandoning the body, why doesn't it go down or sideways?" The answer is: ||951||
The Siddha soul does not go above Lokant into the Aloka Akash, because just as water is the medium for the movement of fish, similarly, Dharma Astikaya Dravya is the medium for the movement of the soul. Since it is not present above Lokant, the soul cannot go further. Also, the soul does not go down, because it has no gravity. And due to the absence of Kayadi Yoga and its influence, it does not go sideways either. ||59||
Here, the question arises, "Since the soul is bound by the limits of space for its upward journey after being liberated from Karma, shouldn't it be immobile?" The answer is: ||952||
Due to the lightness (Laghava Yoga) of the Siddha soul, it ascends like smoke, and due to the absence of attachment, it goes only upwards. Just as a gourd with eight layers of mud attached to it sinks in water due to its weight, but as the mud layers are gradually removed by the water, the gourd becomes lighter and naturally floats to the surface; similarly, the soul, freed from the layers of Karma, naturally reaches Lokant. Just as a castor seed, freed from its shell, goes upwards, similarly, the Siddha soul, freed from the bondage of Karma, ascends. ||60|| ||953||
Attaining the infinite, unparalleled, uninterrupted, and naturally arising bliss of the soul, which is full of joy, the liberated soul, endowed with Kevala Jnana and Kevala Darshan, rejoices in it. ||61||
**Explanation:**
"Sadik" means "with beginning." This bliss has never been experienced before in the cycle of birth and death.