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## Translation:
**358**
**Verse 151:**
By the absence of karma, the omniscient, the seer of all worlds, attains endless, unobstructed, and sensory-free bliss.
**Explanation:**
The cause of inflow (āsrava) is the feeling of attachment, aversion, and delusion in the soul. The wise one is devoid of this feeling. By the absence of this feeling, there is an absence of inflow. By the absence of inflow, there is an absence of karma. By the absence of karma, there is omniscience, the ability to see all worlds, unobstructed sensory activity, and infinite bliss. This is the state of liberation of the soul, known as jīvanmukti.
**How?**
The "feeling" referred to here is the activity of knowledge, which is the continuous functioning of the soul covered by karma. This feeling is impure for the worldly being due to the influence of the karmic force of delusion, which has been accumulating since beginningless time. However, this feeling is destroyed in the wise one by the cessation of attachment, aversion, and delusion. Therefore, the inflow is stopped. By the cessation of inflow, the karmic force of delusion is completely destroyed. The infinite, pure, and beginningless energy of the soul, which is free from all modifications, then manifests as the activity of knowledge. This activity transcends the limitations of time and space, and by the destruction of the veils of knowledge and vision, the wise one attains the state of perfect knowledge. Due to the absence of the continuous functioning of knowledge, the karmic force is destroyed. By the absence of karma, the wise one becomes omniscient, the seer of all worlds, free from sensory activity, unobstructed, and eternally blissful.
This is the type of liberation of the soul, which is the cause of the liberation of the substance, and the highest form of restraint.
**Verse 150-151:**
Now, the explanation of the concept of liberation.
**Meaning:**
By the absence of the cause (attachment, aversion, and delusion), the wise one naturally experiences the cessation of inflow. By the absence of inflow, there is the cessation of karma. By the absence of karma, the wise one becomes omniscient, the seer of all worlds, sensory-free, unobstructed, and attains infinite bliss.
**Commentary:**
This explains the nature of liberation of the soul, which is the highest form of restraint, the cause of the liberation of the substance.
The cause of inflow is indeed the feeling of attachment, aversion, and delusion in the soul. The wise one is devoid of this feeling. By the absence of this feeling, there is an absence of inflow. By the absence of inflow, there is an absence of karma. By the absence of karma, there is omniscience, the ability to see all worlds, unobstructed sensory activity, and infinite bliss. This is the state of liberation of the soul, known as jīvanmukti.
"How?" If this question is asked, the explanation is as follows:
The "feeling" referred to here is the activity of knowledge, which is the continuous functioning of the soul covered by karma. This feeling is impure for the worldly being due to the influence of the karmic force of delusion, which has been accumulating since beginningless time. However, this feeling is destroyed in the wise one by the cessation of attachment, aversion, and delusion. Therefore, the inflow is stopped. By the cessation of inflow, the karmic force of delusion is completely destroyed. The infinite, pure, and beginningless energy of the soul, which is free from all modifications, then manifests as the activity of knowledge. This activity transcends the limitations of time and space, and by the destruction of the veils of knowledge and vision, the wise one attains the state of perfect knowledge. Due to the absence of the continuous functioning of knowledge, the karmic force is destroyed. By the absence of karma, the wise one becomes omniscient, the seer of all worlds, free from sensory activity, unobstructed, and eternally blissful.