Translations:Karma/24/en

Once souls have decided to return to their source, their goal is to purify themselves of ignorance and darkness. The process may take many lifetimes. The Mahabharata compares the process of purification to the work of a goldsmith purifying his metal by repeatedly casting it into the fire. Although a soul may purify herself in one life by “mighty efforts,” most souls require “hundreds of births” to cleanse themselves, it tells us. When purified, the soul is free from the round of rebirth, one with Brahman. The soul “achieves immortality.”