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## 324
**Mulachara:** Knowledge is the illuminator of the substance, austerity is the destroyer of karmas, and conduct is the protector. Through the combination of these three, liberation is attained in Jainism. || 899 ||
**Knowledge without the instrument, the acceptance of the symbol without restraint, and austerity without vision, whoever performs such, performs in vain. || 900 ||**
**Meaning:** The man who possesses knowledge without the six essentials, restraint without the symbol of the Jina, and austerity without right faith, his knowledge and the rest are futile. || 900 ||
**The wise destroy sin through austerity, they destroy delusion through spiritual yoga. Those with diminished delusion, cleansed of attachment and aversion, they attain the supreme state of liberation. || 901 ||**
**Meaning:** The wise muni, endowed with right knowledge and the rest, destroys evil karmas, destroys delusion through supreme meditation and vision. Then, free from delusion and devoid of attachment and aversion, they, the noble saints, attain liberation. || 901 ||
**Through a little meditation, austerity, and conduct, one attains a good destiny. Therefore, in the absence of these, the wise should consider meditation. || 902 ||**
**Meaning:** Through a little meditation, austerity, and conduct, one attains a good destiny. Therefore, in the absence of these, the wise should consider meditation. || 902 ||
**Through the special qualities of a little meditation, austerity, and conduct, one attains the supreme heaven and the rest.**