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Verse 1
1. kṣayika-samyaktva - infinite faith or belief in the tattvas or essential principles of reality. It is manifested on the destruction of the faith-deluding (darśana mohaniya) karma.
2. kevalajñāna - infinite knowledge, manifested on the destruction of the knowledge-obscuring (jñānāvarṇīya) karma.
3. kevaladarśana - infinite perception, manifested on the destruction of the perception-obscuring (darśanāvarṇīya) karma.
4. anantavirya - literally, infinite power; it is the absence of fatigue in having knowledge of infinite substances. It is manifested on the destruction of the obstructive (antaraya) karma.
5. sūkṣmatva - literally, fineness; it means that the liberated soul is beyond sense-perception and its knowledge of the substances is direct, without the use of the senses and the mind. It is manifested on the destruction of the lifedetermining (ayuḥ) karma.
6. avagahan - inter-penetrability; it means that the
liberated jīva does not hinder the existence of other such jīvas in the same space. It is manifested on the destruction of the name-determining (nama) karma. 7. agurulaghutva - literally, neither heavy nor light. Due to this quality of agurulaghutva, the jiva continues to manifest through its form, complete and perfect. This supreme quality is manifested on the destruction of the status-determining (gotra) karma.
8. avyābādha - it is undisturbed, infinite bliss, manifested on the destruction of the feeling-producing (vedaniya) karma.
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