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## Century
As long as a living being is active and wandering in the world, it is bound by karmas in states like Dhruva Bandha, Adhruva Bandha, etc. It is called the owner of its mental, verbal, and physical tendencies and its passions - meaning it remains entitled to acquire karma.
But when it is prepared to eliminate karmas completely, it adopts one of two methods: either to suppress the arising of the essence of karma-mala or to completely destroy the essence of karma. Suppressing karma is called the Upshama श्रेणि (category), and destroying it is called the Kshapaka श्रेणि (category). The word 'Ya' in the verse indicates both these categories. Without ascending to the Upshama or Kshapaka श्रेणि, a living being cannot observe its true nature. It is another matter that a living being residing in the Upshama श्रेणि, upon the arising of karmas inherent in its being, becomes corrupted by the path of self-realization and returns to its previous state. But one who is in the Kshapaka श्रेणि, by destroying all obstacles, attains liberation from the infinite world through self-realization.
Thus, the verse indicates the karma-free soul, the path of karma-liberation, and the states of karma-binding, arising, etc., that occur in a worldly being. As long as a living being is in the world, it will be associated with many states of karma-natures. The only cause for liberation from these karmas is the self-transformation of the living being in the form of Upshama or Kshaya, and after karma-liberation, the soul attains the status of the Supreme Soul. Therefore, the topics discussed in the text are indicated in the verse as follows:
(1) Dhruva Bandhini, (2) Adhruva Bandhini, (3) Dhruva Udaya, (4) Adhruva...