"When the nets of dispositions (good and bad) are dissolved without any residue, when the accuMulated deeds virtuous and vicious are completely destroyed to the very roots, the past and the future alike, owing to the removal of all impediments, bring about the direct and immediate perception (of Brahman) as of the amalaka fruit on the palm of the hand, then (the knower of Brahman) becomes one liberated while in life."