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on the multiplicity." Jñanes'vara describes the state of liberation as one of communion with God by the absorption of the soul into the infinity of the Supreme Self or God; it can better be understood if we call it the recovery of the infinite and perfectly blissful nature of the Self which is lost in the course of its samsara state. In liberation, the jīva becomes eternally free from the three attributes and hence, from its corresponding finite experiences of pleasure and pain, love and hatred, anger and greed, etc. It becomes free for ever from the Karmas as it ceases to have bodily life. It becomes free for ever from rebirth. It enjoys the infinite consciousness and bliss by entering into perfect identity with the Supreme Self, and has no fear of returning any more to the miseries of the worldly life. This state is attained by devotees by wholehearted and sincere devotion to God who gives them liberation by being pleased with their sincere bhakti. He comes to help them in their goal of liberation by showing His grace.
Jñanes'vara urges most emphatically the need to be free from the attachment to sense objects and all kinds of desires. For the realisation of God one must-withdraw oneself from the world of sensuous enjoyment and contemplate on the nature of the Surpreme Self. Jñanes'vara says-"Therefore, a man, who looks with great suspicion on all objects of senses, who constantly controls his senses, and whose mind is never drawn by the desire of any
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1 Subedar Manu Jnanes'vari, (Gita explained by Jñanes'vari) English Translation, p. 223,
