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Verse 43
existence as well as the ways and means to attain liberation. Observance of the vows is essential to self-control and regulation of activities, without which the influx and bondage of karmas cannot be checked.
The Yogi, thus regimented, enjoys unruffled peace of mind, speech and body. He becomes capable of meditating on the Self. He attains still greater purity of the mind, destroys the entire conductdeluding karmas and becomes free from passions. And when he destroys all the four types of destructive karmas with the help of pure concentration, he becomes a Jina, the Conqueror. The radiance of meditation reveals to him the unrivalled beauty of the pure Self, infinite knowledge, and perception of unimaginable splendour and magnificence.
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