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SU, LAULU
FOURTH CHULA
VIMUKTI : SIXTEENTH CHAPTER
INTRODUCTION
The title of the sixteenth chapter is Vimukti. The general meaning of vimukti is to get liberated from bondage in some special way. To be free of shackles etc. is physical liberation. But here the bondage is not physical but mental. Therefore the liberation too is not physical here, but mental in context of shedding karmas. According to the spiritual level of an ascetic this liberation is of two types—(1) partial, and (2) complete. Partial liberation is with reference to ordinary ascetics up to the level of bhavastha kevali (a living omniscient). Complete liberation is with reference to the level of Siddha (the liberated soul). This chapter titled Liberation has five sections given in the form of bhaavanas—(1) Anityatva or transience, (2) Parvat or mountain, (3) Rupya or silver, (4) Bhujanga or serpent, and (5) Samudra or sea. In the five sections emphasis has been laid on pursuit of liberation from attachment-aversion, fondness, liking and passions (etc.) with the help of various similes, metaphors and logic. By getting liberated from these a seeker can attain the state of ultimate liberation that is beyond rebirth and death.
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