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**Description of the Nine Substances and the Path to Liberation**
**_Punyakarma and Papkarma are the causes of attachment, and from this attachment arise delusion, anger, hatred, and mental clarity. The result for one who has these is either auspicious or inauspicious._**
**_Delusion, anger, hatred, or mental clarity, whichever exists in one's being, results in either auspicious or inauspicious consequences._**
Here, delusion is the result of the karmic consequences of the delusion of perception. Anger and hatred are the pleasure and displeasure that arise from the karmic consequences of the delusion of conduct. Mental clarity is the pure result of the subtle arising of the delusion of conduct. Thus, whoever has these (delusion, anger, hatred, or mental clarity) will inevitably have auspicious or inauspicious consequences. Where there is praiseworthy anger and mental clarity, there is an auspicious consequence. Where there is delusion, hatred, and unpraiseworthy anger, there is an inauspicious consequence.
**_Now, an explanation of the substances of Punyakarma and Papkarma._**
**Meaning of the Verse:** (In whose being) in the being of one who (has delusion) delusion, (anger) anger, (hatred) hatred, (or) or (mental clarity) mental clarity (exists) exists, (for him) for him (auspicious or inauspicious) auspicious or inauspicious (consequences) consequences (happen) happen.
**Commentary:** This is a statement of the nature (essence) of the appropriate states of being for Punyakarma and Papkarma.
Here, delusion is the polluted consequence of the karmic consequences of the delusion of perception. Anger and hatred are the pleasure and displeasure that arise from the karmic consequences of the delusion of conduct. Mental clarity is the pure result of the subtle arising of the delusion of conduct. Thus, whoever has these (delusion, anger, hatred, or mental clarity) will inevitably have auspicious or inauspicious consequences. Where there is praiseworthy anger and mental clarity, there is an auspicious consequence. Where there is delusion, hatred, and unpraiseworthy anger, there is an inauspicious consequence.
**Summary:** This is a four-verse chapter on the topic of Punyakarma and Papkarma. The first verse, "Moho va ragadoasa" etc., is primarily about the indication of the pure nature of the Supreme Bliss. The second verse, "Suhaparinaamo" etc., is primarily about the explanation of the two substances of Punyakarma and Papkarma, which are the objects of destruction, from the pure nature of the pure intellect. The third verse, "Jahma kammassa phala" etc., is primarily about the affirmation of the corporeality of the two substances of Punyakarma and Papkarma, in order to refute the Naiyayika view. The fourth verse, "Muttho pasadi" etc., is primarily about establishing the contact and binding of the two karmas, the ancient and the recent, in order to establish the purity of the non-corporeal soul, and to show that the soul, in relation to the ancient chain of binding, is considered corporeal in the conventional sense, and to show the binding of corporeal karma with the corporeal soul. Thus, these four verses are the essence of the fifth chapter. For example,