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## Tayartha - Description of the Path to Liberation
**344**
Thus, in the second great authority, which speaks of new substances, three stanzas are completed with the explanation of the substance of *samvara*. The seventh inner authority is finished.
**Now, the explanation of the substance of *nirjara***
This is the explanation of the nature of *nirjara*.
**[144]**
*He who is united with *samvara* and *yoga*, by means of various austerities, constantly destroys many karmas.*
**Explanation:**
*Samvara* is the cessation of the results of good and bad karma, and *yoga* is pure utilization. He who is united with these two ( *samvara* and *yoga* ), by means of external austerities such as fasting, non-attachment, counting of breaths, renunciation of taste, solitary bed and seat, and bodily austerities, and by means of internal austerities such as atonement, humility, conduct, self-study, renunciation, and meditation - thus, he who engages in various austerities, truly destroys many karmas. Therefore, here [in this stanza, it is said that] pure utilization, which is strengthened by external and internal austerities, is capable of destroying the power of karma, and by its influence, the destruction of a part of the accumulated karmic matter, which has become tasteless, is the destruction of the substance of karma.
**[144]**
Now, there is the explanation of the substance of *nirjara*.
**Meaning:**
[He who is united with *samvara* and *yoga*] He who is united with *samvara* and *yoga* (pure utilization), [by means of various austerities] engages in various austerities, [he] constantly destroys many karmas.
**Commentary:**
This is the statement of the nature of *nirjara*.
*Samvara* means the cessation of the results of good and bad karma, and *yoga* means pure utilization. He who is united with these two (*samvara* and *yoga*), by means of external austerities such as fasting, non-attachment, counting of breaths, renunciation of taste, solitary bed and seat, and bodily austerities, and by means of internal austerities such as atonement, humility, conduct, self-study, renunciation, and meditation - thus, he who engages in various austerities, truly destroys many karmas. Therefore, here [in this stanza, it is said that] pure utilization, which is strengthened by external and internal austerities, is capable of destroying the power of karma, and by its influence, the destruction of a part of the accumulated karmic matter, which has become tasteless, is the destruction of the substance of karma.