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## Translation:
**Pancastikaya Prabhrut**
**Verse 156:**
Thus, whoever, having become corrupted from their own pure soul-substance, which is transformed into pure qualities, becomes transformed by the passion of attachment, which is contrary to the pure soul-principle, and performs actions that are characterized by indifference towards auspicious and inauspicious external substances, thereby becoming contrary to the pure utilization of external substances, and performs actions that are either auspicious or inauspicious in all external substances, that soul, being of the nature of knowledge and bliss, becomes corrupted from its own conduct, which is characterized by following the principles, and becomes a follower of the conduct of others, which is distinct from self-awareness and practice. This is the meaning of the sutra.
**Verse 157:**
The Jinas declare that whoever, by virtue of their own nature, has an influx of merit or demerit, becomes a follower of the conduct of others.
**Explanation:**
Here, the state of being imbued with auspiciousness is called the influx of merit, and the state of being imbued with inauspiciousness is called the influx of demerit. Thus, it is declared that whoever has an influx of merit or demerit, that is, whose soul is in that state, becomes a follower of the conduct of others. Therefore, the conduct of others is the path to bondage, not the path to liberation.