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The living being is subtle because it is described as the path to liberation by the nine substances. In the same way, this living being is devoid of color, smell, sound, and touch. In these too, like rasa, it is appropriate to understand the all-encompassing explanation. And just as the fourfold of anger, pride, deceit, and greed, which lead to false belief and attachment, etc., do not appear to living beings devoid of the attainment of the pure self-nature, so too, this supreme self-nature does not appear to them. Therefore, it is unmanifest. This living being is certainly the undivided, luminous, supreme self-nature, devoid of the six bodies, such as the equal-four-sided, etc., in their formation or shape. Therefore, it does not have the six bodies, such as the equal-four-sided, etc., obtained from the pulsating karma. Therefore, this living being is devoid of bodies. And just as the impure soul is recognized by the practical method through indirect knowledge, which is in the form of inference, in the same way that fire is inferred from smoke, so too, this pure soul, although devoid of attachments, etc., is directly perceived by perfect yogis, who are fully established in the supreme bliss, which is free from all anxieties, arising from self-awareness, and is like a full pitcher of the nectar of true happiness. However, it is not directly experienced by those who are not such yogis. Therefore, this living being is "unperceived by the senses." And this living being is endowed with the pure consciousness quality, which is the knowledge of the self, and therefore is in the form of consciousness, as stated in the verse: "He who knows all movable and immovable, diverse substances, their qualities, their past, future, and present states, in all ways, always, simultaneously, every moment, is called the omniscient. To that omniscient, the Jinesvara, and the great hero, the Lord, be salutations." O disciple! Know that this pure living being substance, which is endowed with the pure consciousness quality called "knowledge of the self," is distinct from these qualities, as stated in the verse. || 127 ||
In this way, the second section, which explains the nine substances in two sections, in four verses, was completed with the second section, which speaks of the pure living being, which is capable of being perceived in all ways, for the sake of understanding the difference.
The above-mentioned fundamental substances. Now, for the sake of introducing the other seven substances, which are produced by the combination and transformation, the cycle of living being, matter, and karma is described.
The living being, who is the object of the world, is the cause of transformation. From transformation comes karma, and from karma comes the state of existence. || 128 ||