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**Verse 974:**
The Muni, detached from the enjoyments of the world and the body, meditates on the bondage and liberation of karma, the knowledge of the true nature of things (Mulachara-artha-jnana), the substances (dravya) and their categories (paryaya), and the living (jiva) and non-living (ajiva).
**Verse 975:**
The five transformations (parivartana) are: transformation of substance (dravya), transformation of field (kshetra), transformation of time (kala), transformation of state (bhava), and transformation of existence (bhava). One should contemplate that these five transformations have occurred countless times in this life, from the beginning of time (anadicala).
**Verse 976:**
The wise (dhiras), the Shramanas (ascetics), detached from worldly objects (vishaya), contemplate the infinite world (anantasansara) while seeing the great world (mahajagat) burning in the fire of delusion (moha).
**Verse 977:**
Just as the eyes and the salt sea do not tolerate (sahad) the trash (kachaar) like grass, similarly, in the world, austerity (tapa) does not tolerate the beginning (aarambha) and the passions (kasaya).