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periods of time. After that is done (if necessary) the man undergoes the meditative trance in which all bodily, mental and vocal operations cease, which is of a very brief duration and which immediately results in the attainment of mokşa. And ayojgakaraṇa is an act preliminary to kevali-samudghāla justo spoken of-so that we can see why: Haribhadra says that the sub-type of 'yoga by self-exertion' which consists in a renunciation of all bodily, mental and vocal operations occurs after the process called āyojyakaraṇa has taken place. Again when he says that this sub-type involves a renunciation of everything whatsoever he is hinting at the fact that it immediately results in the attainment of mokşa which is a state where everything worldly is got rid of. Lastly, since Haribhadra has defined yoga as that activity or one's part which is conducive to one's mokșa and since the sub-type in question immediately results in the attainment of mokṣa it has been acclaimed by him as the supreme yoga. . . . . . . .
