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**Description of the Six Substances and the Five Astikayas**
The term "unstained" (niranjjan) refutes the view of the Maskari ascetics, who believe that after liberation, karma-binding and worldly existence return. (5) The liberated souls (siddhas) are imperishable. They never abandon the nature of their pure, conscious substance. This refutes the Buddhist view, which does not accept any eternal substance in ultimate reality. They consider consciousness to be momentary and a product of the chain of causation. (6) The liberated souls possess the eight qualities of perfect knowledge, perfect vision, infinite power, subtle qualities, the ability to perceive, the qualities of greatness and smallness, and the quality of unimpededness. This refutes the Nyaya and Vaisheshika views, which consider the absence of knowledge and other qualities as liberation. (7) The liberated souls are fulfilled. They have nothing left to do and are perfectly content. This refutes the view of those who consider God to be the creator. (8) The liberated souls reside in the upper part of the universe. This refutes the view of the Mandalika, who say that the soul always moves upwards and never rests anywhere. This verse refutes eight different views.
The liberated souls are free from eight types of karma: the karma of delusion obscures perfect knowledge, the karma of knowledge-obscuration and vision-obscuration obscures perfect knowledge and perfect vision, the karma of obstruction obscures infinite power, the karma of name obscures subtle qualities, the karma of lifespan obscures the ability to perceive, the karma of lineage obscures the qualities of greatness and smallness, and the karma of experience obscures the quality of unimpededness. With the destruction of these eight karmas, the eight qualities of the liberated souls become manifest. The second verse describes the nature of the liberated soul by stating that they reside in the upper part of the universe. ||73||
Thus, three verses have been spoken in the form of a chulika, explaining the nine rights regarding the jiva-astikaya.
In this way, the first verse informs about the nine rights, including the statement "jiva utti havdi cheda," etc. The second verse emphasizes the sovereignty. The third verse describes the nature of the jiva. The second verse states that the body is evidence. The third verse explains the intangible qualities. The second verse describes the three types of consciousness. The next verse explains the knowledge, vision, and use. The eighteenth verse mainly explains the concepts of doership, enjoyership, and karma-boundness. The three verses are in the form of a chulika. In this way, thirty-three verses have been spoken in the first maha-adhikaran, which describes the six substances and the five astikayas, and the fourth antar-adhikaran, called jiva-astikaya, is complete.