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The Muni, who knows Yoga, is endowed with the qualities of Anima, etc., and is adorned with the supreme bliss of the Indras, etc. He enjoys this world and then, freed from the bonds of karma, attains Nirvana. ||23|| He who does not know these seeds, but calls himself a Mantra-vit (knower of mantras) merely by name, and is consumed by false pride, is always bound by the bonds of karma. ||239|| Now, refuting the Yoga accepted by other sects, we ask: Is the Jiva (soul) eternal or non-eternal according to those who are proud of Yoga, i.e., those who consider false Yoga to be true Yoga? If it is eternal, then it will be unchanging, i.e., devoid of change (transformation), and in such a state, it will not be able to transform into the object of meditation. Moreover, it is impossible for an eternal Jiva to experience happiness and sorrow, to remember, and to have desires, etc., because if the Jiva does not even have the desire to meditate in the first place, then thinking about the principles is far away. And without thinking about the principles, how can there be meditation? Without meditation, how can there be attainment of fruit? And without that, all the actions that are the cause of bondage and liberation become fruitless. ||240-242|| If the Jiva is considered non-eternal, then there will be no possibility of meditation in the continuous succession of thoughts that are newly born every moment, because it is impossible to remember the objects experienced by oneself in this momentary state of mind. Meaning: If the Jiva is considered completely non-eternal, then there will be no possibility of meditation, because the Jiva who meditates is destroyed every moment. If you say that the Jiva is non-eternal, but it leaves behind its offspring when it is destroyed, then there is no obstacle, but this is also not correct, because when the Jiva is completely destroyed, then it cannot be said that this is its offspring. And even if it is accepted that it is its offspring in some way, then the statement "everything is momentary"