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## Agam Sutra 39, Chhed Sutra-5, 'Mahanishith'
**Study/Purpose/Sutra Number:** Please provide it quickly, but the Muni should not remain with the affliction even for a moment. Sutra-31-32
**Just as a snake's offspring is small, a mustard seed-sized fire is small, but if it sticks, it destroys. After its touch, separation is not possible. Similarly, if minor or even smaller karmic afflictions are not removed, they cause great suffering and increase the cycle of rebirth.** Sutra-33-37
**O Bhagavan! Some people do not even know how to remove this karmic affliction that can be removed through suffering, and then causes suffering. O Gautam! This karmic affliction is said to be completely uprooted. No matter how difficult the affliction is, it is said to be pierced along with all its parts and limbs. First, right faith, second, right knowledge, and third, right conduct, when these three are gathered together, when the being becomes the field of the affliction, and the karmic affliction has reached a very deep place, you cannot even see it, it is in the bones and within them, trapped in all parts and limbs, causing pain inside and out, such an affliction should be uprooted.** Sutra-38-40
**Action without knowledge is useless, and knowledge without action is also not successful. Just as a blind man who can see and a lame man who can run die in a wildfire, therefore, O Gautam! When both are combined, the work is accomplished. A chariot does not run on one wheel. When the blind and the lame become one, that is, the lame shows the way and the blind follows it, then both, crossing the forest of wildfire, reach the desired city safely and without hindrance. Knowledge illuminates, austerity purifies the soul, and restraint prevents the senses and mind from going astray. When these three are truly combined, O Gautam! There is liberation. Otherwise, there is no liberation.** Sutra-41-42
**Therefore, those who, free from afflictions, renounce all afflictions, and serve Dharma with freedom from afflictions, their restraint is considered successful. Not only that, but they obtain abundant wealth and prosperity in birth after birth, and enjoy eternal happiness by tradition.** Sutra-43-47
**A soul aspiring to remove afflictions, such as transgressions and other faults, should observe a fast or perform Ayambil tapasya for ten days, with auspicious days, good tithi, karana, muhurta, and a strong moon. Then, they should chant the eight hundred Panchamangala (Mahashrutaskandha) mantras. After that, they should observe three more fasts and perform Ayambil tapasya. On the day of breaking the fast, they should pay homage to the Chaitya, the Jinalaya, and the Sadhus. They should make their soul free from anger and full of forgiveness. They should offer "Micchami Dukkadam" with their mind, speech, and body, free from afflictions, to all those who have done any wrong deeds.** Sutra-48-50
**Then, going back to the Chaityalaya, they should offer heartfelt and focused devotion to the image of the Vitaraga Supreme Being, and offer praise to everyone. After paying homage to the Chaitya with proper rituals, they should perform the sixth devotional tapasya and chant the Vidya called Shrutadeva for a lakh times in the Chaityalaya. They should chant with a calm mind, focused mind, firm determination, dedication, a steady mind, free from attachment, desire, and aversion, in the sacred place of the Chaityalaya.** Sutra-51
**(This Sutra contains mantras, which cannot be translated into Hindi. Those who are curious should refer to our Agam Suttanni, Muni Diparatnasagar Krit (Mahanishith) Agam Sutra-Hindi Translation)**