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## Translation:
**[288]** By initiating the *Prajnapana Sutra*, the four karmas become equal in their extent and duration. If they do not initiate it, the *Ayukarma* would end first, leaving the other three karmas. In such a situation, they would either attain liberation with the three remaining karmas or bind new *Ayukarma*, but both are impossible. In the state of liberation, karmas cannot remain, and liberated beings cannot bind new *Ayukarma*. Therefore, through *Kevalisamudghat*, they specifically exhaust the extent of the three karmas (*Vedaniya*, etc.) and destroy their long duration, making them equal to *Ayukarma*, so that all four can be destroyed simultaneously.
**Gautama Swami**, for further clarity, asks: "O Bhagavan! Do all Kevalis engage in *Samudghat*?"
**Answer:** Not all Kevalis engage in *Samudghat*, nor do all perform it. The reason has been explained above. When all karmas are destroyed, the soul's state of being in its pure nature is called *Siddhi*. One whose four karmas are naturally equal, attains *Siddhi* by destroying them simultaneously without performing *Samudghat*.
**[2171]** "O Bhagavan! How long is *Avarjikan* said to be?"
**Answer:** "Gautama! *Avarjikan* is said to be for an immeasurable period of time, the duration of an *Antarmuhurta*."
**[2172]** "O Bhagavan! How long is *Kevalisamudghat* said to be?"
**Answer:** "Gautama! It is said to be for eight moments. It is as follows: In the first moment, it creates the *Danda* (staff), in the second moment, it creates the *Kapat* (door), in the third moment, it churns, in the fourth moment, it pervades the *Lok* (universe), in the fifth moment, it contracts the *Lok-purana* (filling of the universe), in the sixth moment, it contracts the churning, in the seventh moment, it contracts the *Kapat*, and in the eighth moment, it contracts the *Danda*. As soon as the *Danda* contracts, it becomes embodied again."
**[2173]** "O Bhagavan! In the *Samudghat* process, does it involve *Manajoga* (mental yoga), *Vajoga* (verbal yoga), or *Kayajoga* (physical yoga)?"