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## The Sutra Kritanga Sutra
The great souls who are free from greed, what are they like? The Sutrakar reveals that they are free from attachment, or have very little attachment, or attachment that is almost non-existent. They know the joys and sorrows of the beings of the five-astakaya world, in their past, present, and future lives, as they truly are, without any distortion. They do not see things in a distorted way, like the Vibhangajnanis. The Agamas say: "Bante! A man who is attached to Maya and has a false vision, who has renounced the world and lives in the city of Rajagriha, does he know the forms of the city of Varanasi, the material objects, or does he see them?" The answer is: "He sees them, but he sees them with some distortion." And so on. But those who know the past, present, and future, the direct knowers, the Kevala-Jnani, and the fourteen-previous-life-knowers, the indirect knowers, lead the Bhavyas, who desire to cross the cycle of birth and death, towards liberation. They give them good advice. They are self-enlightened. Therefore, no one else can enlighten them. That is, no one else guides them. In terms of attaining what is beneficial and avoiding what is harmful, no one else is their leader or guide. They are self-enlightened, Tirthankaras, Ganadharas, etc., who end the karmas that are the cause of the cycle of birth and death. Here, the word "hu" is used in the sense of the word "cha" or as an adjective, as has been explained before.
As long as these great souls do not end the cycle of birth and death, the Sutrakar says that they show them what they should not do.
They do not do it, nor do they cause it to be done, being disgusted by the fear of harming beings. The wise, who are always vigilant, avoid wrong conduct, and some become wise through knowledge.
**Commentary:**
The direct knowers and indirect knowers, who are worthy of being known, are disgusted by the sinful karma of harming beings, and therefore they do not do it themselves, nor do they cause it to be done by others. They do not even approve of others doing it. Similarly, they do not themselves speak falsehoods, nor do they cause others to speak falsehoods, nor do they approve of others speaking falsehoods. And so on, with all the other great vows. Therefore, "always" means at all times.