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(611) It has been asserted by the Jinas that one who has not controlled the influx of the Karmas, does not achieve liberation by practising austerities only; just as the water of a pond does not dry completely, if the sources of the inlet of water are kept open.
(612) The annihilation of the amount of Karmas, which an ignorant person does during the crores of years by practising austerities, is done by the wise person, practising the three Gupties, in a single breath.
(613) Just as the army is destroyed after the Commander is dead, in the same way, all the Karmas are automatically destroyed after the annihilation of the Mohanīya Karma (infatuating Karma).
(614) The soul, liberated from the Karmic pollution, ascends the top of the universe and there enjoys transcendental infinite bliss, possessing all knowledge and all perception (i. e. being omniscient).
(615) The bliss attained by the Siddhas in a moment is infinite times more than the pleasure enjoyed by the emperors, by the Jivas residing in the regions of the Karmas, and by the Faņindras, Surendras and Ahmindras in all the ages.
(616) It is not possible to describe the state of liberation in words as they transcend any such verbal expression. Nor is there the possibility of argument as no mental business is possible. The state of liberation transcends all the determinations and alternatives. Side by side with it, there is no pride due to being devoid of all the blemishes of the mind. There is no melancholy even if there is knowledge of upto the seventh hell, due to it transcending the pleasure and pain.
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