3.18 विद्याविनाशे जन्मविनाशः ॥१८॥ vidyāvināśe janma-vināśaḥ sūtra vidyā-avināśe — when (Pure) Knowledge is unceasing ; janma-vināśaḥ — destruction of (further) birth When (Pure) Knowledge does not vanish, there is the destruction of (further) birth.