Since those sixteen portions are the cause of the birth of creatures, creatures can never, O king, take birth without their help. They are called Nature. The destruction of Jiva's liability to be united with nature is called Liberation.
एतामक्षपयित्वा हि जायते नृपसत्तम। सा ह्यस्य प्रकृतिर्दृष्टा तत्क्षयान्मोक्ष उच्यते॥