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## Shri Sutra Kritanga Sutra
**Translation:**
**Verse 7:**
Even if someone is well-versed in scriptures, deeply religious, a Brahmin, or a monk, if they engage in deceitful actions, they will suffer greatly as a result of their karma.
**Commentary:**
Even if someone is well-versed in scriptures, understands their meaning, is religious and follows Dharma, is a Brahmin, or a monk who lives by begging, if they engage in deceitful actions, they will be tormented by their karma. This torment will be both pleasant and unpleasant, and they will be cut down and oppressed by their actions.
**Verse 8:**
Look! Many other Tirthankaras arise, abandoning the impermanent world with its attachments, but they cannot cross the ocean of Samsara because they do not properly follow restraint. They speak of liberation but do not strive for it. How can you, by taking refuge in them, know this world and the next? These other Tirthankaras are cut down and oppressed by their actions, failing to achieve their goal in the middle of their journey.
**Commentary:**
There is no path to liberation other than right knowledge, right faith, and right conduct. This is because these three are the essence of the scriptures. Therefore, the Sutra refutes the Dharma of those who will come after, who claim to show a path to liberation separate from right knowledge, right faith, and right conduct.
The Sutra says: "Look! Some Tirthankaras arise, abandoning attachments and the world, but they are not liberated from Samsara because they lack proper knowledge. They only talk about liberation, but they do not practice it. How can you, who have taken refuge in them, know this world and the next? These other Tirthankaras are cut down and oppressed by their actions, failing to achieve their goal in the middle of their journey."
**Commentary:**
There is no path to liberation other than right knowledge, right faith, and right conduct. This is because these three are the essence of the scriptures. Therefore, the Sutra refutes the Dharma of those who will come after, who claim to show a path to liberation separate from right knowledge, right faith, and right conduct.
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