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The nature of the meditation that is the cause of the destruction of the remaining karmas, which are the cause of the exhaustion of all substances, is described as follows:
**General Meaning (with explanation):** The meditation that arises in the virtuous (sadhu) who possesses pure nature (shuddha svabhava) is the cause of exhaustion (nijjarhedu). This meditation (jhanam) is filled with (dasananaan samgam) perception and knowledge and is not (annadavvasanjuttam no) combined with other substances.
**Specific Meaning:** The Kevali Bhagwan, whose state of liberation through detachment (bhavamokharupa) was described in the previous verse, is free from the afflictions of worldly pleasure and pain (harsha vishadarupa sansarik sukha tatha duhkha ke vikaron se mukt hain). They are endowed with perfect knowledge (kevalgyan) and perfect perception (kevaldarshan) due to the destruction of the veils that obstruct them. They are free from the association of other substances (paradravy ke sangyog rahit hain) because they are merged in their innate pure consciousness (sahaj shuddha chaitanyabhav mein parinaman karne se) and because they are not dependent on external objects like the activities of the senses (indriyon ke vyapar adi bahari dravyon ke alamban ke nahin rahene se). They are stable and possess the nature of pure consciousness (sthira chaitanyasvabhav ke thari hain) because they are unwavering in their own nature (apne svabhav mein nischal hone se). This meditation is called the treatment (upchar) of the Kevali Bhagwan because it is the cause of the exhaustion (nirjara) of the karmas accumulated in the past, and the exhaustion is seen here.
Here, the disciple asks: Why is the meditation of the Kevali Bhagwan described as being free from the dependence on other substances? It is said that the meditation of the Kevali is called treatment, but in texts like Charitrasar, it is said that the non-omniscient ascetics (chhadmasth arthath asarvgy tapasvi) generate perfect knowledge by meditating on the substance atoms (dravya paramanu) or the state atoms (bhav paramanu). How can this meditation be free from the dependence on other substances?
The Acharya answers: The term "substance atom" should be understood as referring to the subtle nature of the substance, and the term "state atom" should be understood as referring to the subtle nature of the state. It should not be understood as referring to the pudgala atom. This explanation is given in the commentary on Sarvarthasiddhi. The same explanation is given here. Here, the term "substance" should be understood as referring to the self-substance (atma-dravya), and the term "atom" refers to the subtle state free from the attachments of attachment, aversion, etc. The subtle nature of the self-substance is called the "substance atom." This subtle state is taken here because it is the object of the state of complete absorption (nirvikalpa samadhi). This is the explanation of the term "substance atom." The term "state" should be understood as referring to the self-awareness (svasanvedan) knowledge-result of the same self-substance. The atom of this state, i.e., the subtle result free from the alternatives of attachment, etc., is the "state atom." This subtlety is taken here because it is the object of the state of complete absorption (nirvikalpa samadhi).