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Dravyasamgraha
Just as the dry and the green trees are burnt by the forestfire, so also the accumulations of karmas, matured or immature are burnt by the procedure of meditation.
The procedure defined by the highly pure meditation achieves the nirjarā of a high degree for the saint who keeps the passions at a distance (from himself).
A yogi, absorbed in the principle of soul, who has achieved samvara (protection) from karmas, and who always engages himself in meditation, by him the karmas are always dropped (from his soul).
For a saint the karma-destroying nirjarā is not possible without achieving samvara. Whence is emptiness for a tank possible in the presence of the entry (inflow) of new water?
Jain, S.C. (Dr.), Acārya Amitgati's Yogasāra Prābhrta, p. 136-137.
Ācārya Umasvami’s Tattvārthasūtra
तपसा निर्जरा च ॥ By penance (austerity) dissociation also (is caused).
(9-3)
Ācārya Pujyapada's Sarvārthasiddhi Though penance (religious austerity) is included under the moral virtues, it is mentioned separately in order to indicate that it effects both stoppage and dissociation and that it is the chief cause of stoppage of influx. Now it is true that austerity is the means of prosperity, as it is admitted to lead to positions such as the lord of the devas. How can it then be the cause of dissociation? There is nothing inconsistent in this, for the same cause such as fire produces many effects such as scorching, ash and charcoal. Similarly, what inconsistency is there in
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