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-9146 8 910] Chapter Nine
[363 5909. It is said, even in the presence of right faith, if due to the exhaustion of the qualities, they are not equal to each other, then are the Shravakas, Viratas, etc., not liberated due to the difference in qualities? It is said, this is not so. Why? Because, even though there is a difference due to the difference in qualities, due to the operation of the Nayas like Negation, etc., all of them are
Pulaka, Bakusha, Kushil, Nirgrantha and Snataka, these are the five Nirgranthas. ||46|| 8910. Those whose minds are devoid of the contemplation of the higher qualities, who do not attain perfection even in the vows, are called Pulakas, because they are like the impure Pulaka (withered grain). Those who are Nirgranthas, who observe the vows without interruption, who are engaged in enhancing the beauty of their body and instruments, who are surrounded by family and are filled with various kinds of delusion, are called Bakushas. Here, the word Bakusha is a synonym for the word 'Shabala' (multicolored). Kushilas are of two types - Pratiseshana Kushil and Kshaya Kushil. Those who are surrounded by possessions, who are perfect in both the primary and higher qualities, but sometimes contradict the higher qualities, are called Pratiseshana Kushilas. Those who have conquered the rise of other passions and who are only subject to the burning passion, are called Kshaya Kushilas. Just as in water, a wooden 1.- भावनोपेत मु.। 2. शुद्धा: पुलाक- मु.। 3. - वारा मोहछेदशवल- आ., दि. 1 । वारान मोहसवम-दि. 21 4. -विरोधिन: मु.।