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is released from these, the three gates to darkness, O son of Kunti, does
good to the self, and thereby reaches the Supreme Goal. (Gates to darkness:
leading to hell (narakai which is full of gain and delusion. He who is released
from lust, wrath and greed will act for the good of the self, because of
the absence of that by which obstructed be has not hitherto so acted. By
so doing he even attains moksha. Let the Law guide thy Life. The scripture
(sastra) is the authority on which all this renunciation of asuric nature
and the observance of what is good are based. One would engage in these
only on the authority of the scriptures (sastra), not otherwise. Therefore,
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