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## The Third Chapter
**With Hindi Commentary**
It is essential to have aspirations related to knowledge, vision, and character. In addition to these, numerous causes for aspirations related to substance, space, time, emotions, scriptures, gods, goddesses, scriptural gods, lay followers, beings, ghosts, souls, essence, and the five supreme beings like Arhat, etc., have been described. One should understand them through their characteristics. How can a person whose knowledge, etc., is already weak, worship them? Therefore, one should eliminate aspirations and properly worship knowledge, etc.
Now, the author of the sutra, while describing this topic in the original sutra, says:
"I have heard, O venerable disciple, thus spoken by the Blessed One: In this Jain tradition, thirty-three aspirations have been declared by the venerable ones. Which are those thirty-three aspirations declared by the venerable ones? These are those thirty-three aspirations declared by the venerable ones. For example:
**Word-by-word meaning:**
O venerable disciple, I have heard, thus spoken by the Blessed One: In this Jain tradition, the venerable ones have declared thirty-three aspirations. The disciple asks, which are those thirty-three aspirations declared by the venerable ones? The teacher replies, these are those thirty-three aspirations declared by the venerable ones. For example: