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## Fifth Stage (Panchami Dasha)
**With Hindi Commentary**
**Original Meaning:** By holding a mind free from attachment and aversion, the soul attains Dharma, meditation, etc., and, being established in doubt-free Dharma, attains the state of liberation (Nirvana).
**Commentary:** Having briefly described the ten stages of Samadhi in prose, the Sutrakar now elaborates on them through verses. This Sutra describes the first stage. The soul whose mind is free from attachment and aversion, and whose mind is pure and clean due to the absence of the effects of passions (Kashaya) and impurities (Kalushya), can attain meditation and, being established in doubt-free Dharma, in the form of both universal and specific activities, attains the state of liberation (Nirvana). Therefore, for Samadhi, one should strive to have a mind free from attachment and aversion.
Now, the Sutrakar speaks about the knowledge of remembering one's own nature (Jati-Smarana-Jnana):
**Verse 2:**
> ण इमं चित्तं समादाय भुज्जो लोयंसि जायइ | अप्पणो उत्तमं ठाणं सन्नि-णाणेण जाणइ ।। २ ।।
> नेदं चित्तं समादाय भूयो लोके जायते ।
> आत्मन उत्तमं स्थानं संज्ञि ज्ञानेन जानाति ।। २ ।।
**Word-by-Word Meaning:** By holding this (imam) kind of (chittam) mind, he (bhujjo) is not (na) born (jayai) again and again (loyansi) in the world (loke), but (kinto) knows (janai) his (appano) own (uttamam) highest (thanam) place with (sanni-nanena) the knowledge of (sanjni) consciousness.
**Original Meaning:** By holding this kind of mind, the soul is not born again and again in the world, and knows its own highest place with the knowledge of consciousness.
**Commentary:** By holding the mind in the form of remembering one's own nature, the soul is not born again in the world of mortals and immobiles, because with the help of this knowledge, firstly, it knows its past births, which have been in the form of consciousness, and secondly, it also knows its own nature of action and the nature of experiencing the fruits of actions.