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**Description of the Path to Liberation through the Nine Substances** _Explanation of the Jiva and Ajiva, and an Introduction to the Explanation of Ajiva._
**Verse 123:**
Having thus understood the Jiva through many other synonyms,
Know the Ajiva through the signs that are different from knowledge.
**Explanation:**
Thus, in this way, through the practical approach, the Jiva is understood through many synonyms, which are explained in the Karma Grantha, such as the Jiva's qualities, its state, its path, its attainment of liberation, and so on. Through the definitive approach, the Jiva is understood through many synonyms, which are the forms of consciousness and its transformations, due to the attainment of the universal form, which is the result of the culmination of attachment, aversion, and delusion. Sometimes these synonyms are impure, and sometimes they are pure due to the absence of impurity. Having thus understood the Jiva, which is inherently non-conscious, know the Ajiva, which is connected or unconnected to the Jiva, through the signs that are different from knowledge, which are explained here, for the sake of understanding the difference between the two.
**End of the Explanation of the Jiva.**
**Meaning of the Verse:**
(Thus) in this way, (through many other synonyms) through many other synonyms, (having understood the Jiva) having understood the Jiva, (through the signs that are different from knowledge) through the signs that are different from knowledge, (know the Ajiva) know the Ajiva.
**Commentary:**
This verse concludes the explanation of the Jiva and begins the explanation of the Ajiva. Having thus understood the Jiva, through many other synonyms, know the Ajiva through the signs that are different from knowledge. For example, having understood the Jiva in the way described earlier, through what synonyms? Through the synonyms mentioned earlier. Not only through the synonyms mentioned earlier, but also through the practical approach, through the names that are based on the qualities, the state of the Jiva, its path, its attainment of liberation, and the differences between them, such as the karma that arises from the body, the human body, the structure of the body, and so on, and through the definitive approach, through the impure forms of attachment, aversion, and delusion, and also through the pure forms of the absence of attachment, aversion, and delusion, which are the forms of consciousness and its transformations, which are the essence of the Jiva, which is characterized by the absence of attachment, aversion, and delusion, and which is characterized by the pure, unconditioned, blissful, and eternal nature of consciousness.