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it. 74*1. Conduct devoid of knowledge of the Self is of no use whether the same is practiced by the wise or the unwise souls; for, it does not lead to Moksha or liberation. Self-realization and the path of liberation is possible only as a result of the practicing by the wise of the three jewels: right perception/ vision, right knowledge and right conduct.
75. That Jnana (knowledge) which is devoid of the Bodh (understanding or realization) of one's Shuddha Atma (pure soul) is of no avail; it conduces to Dukha (misery or pain) of the soul.
76. That which produces Raga (desire or love) and Dvesha (hatred) is not Jnana (true knowledge); as by the uprising of sun, darkness disappears, so by the manifestation of Jnana, Raga and Dvesha are destroyed.
77. To a Jnani(Sage) nothing other than Atma Swarup (pure, real nature of the soul) is pleasing, or agreeable; those alone whose minds do not become fascinated by sensual enjoyment know the Parmartha (the highest goal).
78. The mind of a Sage does not feel delight in anything other than his Atman (self); one who knows the value of pearls does not run after glass-beads
79. He who has not left Raga (desire or attachment) for the fruits of Karmas, that is, who feels pleasures or pain while he tastes the fruits of his previous Karmas,--such a one makes the bondage of Karmas anew; the ripening and fructification of previously accumulated Karmas is really their destruction, but he who feels happy or miserable at that time, enters into fresh bondage for the future.
80. One who while he tastes the good or bad fruits of his previously acquired Karmas, does not entertain love and hatred, he does not make new bonds of Karmas and destroys the previously accumulated ones.
81. He in whose mind even a tinge of Raga (attachment or
