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## The Sutra Kritanga Sutra - English Translation
**Verse 4:**
These great men of the past, are well-known and accepted here. They attained liberation after consuming seeds and water with consciousness. This is what I have heard.
**Commentary:**
The Sutra-maker says this to show that these great sages, like Nami, were well-known in the past, in the Treta and Dvapara yugas. They were known as great men, or principal men, and were famous as Rajarshis. Some of them are also accepted in the teachings of the Rishis, like the Arhata Pravachana. This is what the Kutirthikas or their followers say. For example, all of them attained liberation after consuming seeds, water with consciousness, etc. This is what I have heard in the Mahabharata and other Puranas.
**Verse 5:**
The weak-minded are disheartened, like donkeys burdened with heavy loads. They crawl on their backs, like a cripple who clings to pieces of wood, and tries to follow others in fear of fire or other dangers, but cannot move.
**Commentary:**
The Sutra-maker says that in the face of such teachings, the weak-minded, who are ignorant and unable to understand the various ways to attain liberation, are disheartened. They are unable to practice restraint. For example, those who have attained liberation, may have experienced the recollection of their past births, or the loss of their right knowledge and conduct, like the loss of a garment. But they will never attain the destruction of karma through the consumption of cold water and seeds, which is like tormenting the soul. The Sutra-maker gives an example of a donkey burdened with a heavy load, who is exhausted and unable to move. Similarly, a cripple who clings to pieces of wood, tries to follow others in fear of fire or other dangers, but cannot move.