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in combination with the soul is removed. Moksha is a state in which the removal of matter in combination with the soul is accomplished. The qualities Punya reward and Piūpa runisnment are also added to them, thus forming nine.
The acquisition of knowledge is not the only means for the attainment of final beatitude. Religious practices (character) are as essential as the acquisition of knowledge. This could well be illustrated from the following parable of blind and a lame man. Both of them were in a forest under huge conflagration. The blind man could not see the road without fire, while the lame man could not proceed further. Accidentally they met together and by mutual assistance they could pass through the forest without any injury. As their hearty cooperationen abled them to pass through the forest without injury, so knowledge combined with religious practices is essential for salvation.
In this verse attention is drawn to three kinds of men. Some of them know all the princi
