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## Chapter Eleven
**Verse 217**
Why shouldn't those Ahamindras, who have a body or other minimal possessions, be called happy?
**Verse 218**
The happiness experienced by those Ahamindras, who have attained the fruits of their good deeds and reside beyond the celestial realms (in Sarvarthasiddhi), seemed as if they had attained the bliss of liberation itself. Just as the bliss of liberation is free from excess, generous, free from deviation, divine (supreme), and naturally pleasing, so too was the happiness of those Ahamindras, free from excess, generous, free from deviation, divine (celestial), and naturally pleasing.
**Meaning:** There is a vast difference between the bliss of liberation and the happiness of the Ahamindra state. However, to highlight the superiority of the latter, the happiness of the Ahamindras is compared to the bliss of liberation.
**Verse 219**
The Arhant Devas have said that in this world, beings experience happiness and sorrow, both of which occur according to their respective karmic bonds. This karma is said to be of two types, based on the distinction between merit and demerit. Just as a single fruit, when eaten, can have two different effects, sweet and bitter, similarly, these karmas, in the form of merit and demerit, also have their respective sweet (pleasant) and bitter (unpleasant) results.
**Verse 220**
One should know that the excellent fruit of meritorious karma is attained in Sarvarthasiddhi, while the excellent fruit of demeritorious karma is experienced by the inhabitants of the seventh earth (Narakas). The excellent fruit of merit is attained by those who are virtuous, due to their calming of the passions, control of the senses, and adherence to a blameless conduct. The excellent fruit of demerit is attained by those who are wicked, due to their failure to calm the passions, control the senses, and adhere to a blameless conduct.