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Aptamīmāmsā
It is possible for someone to attain complete destruction of imperfections:
दोषावरणयोर्हानिर्निःशेषाऽस्त्यतिशायनात् ।
क्वचिद्यथा स्वहेतुभ्यो बहिरन्तर्मलक्षयः ॥४॥ सामान्यार्थ - किसी पुरुष-विशेष में दोषों (राग-द्वेषादिक) और आवरणों (दोषों के कारणों) की सातिशय हानि देखने में आती है। दोषों और आवरणों की पूर्ण हानि उसी प्रकार संभव है जिस प्रकार खान से निकले हुए सुवर्ण में मल-विरोधी कारणों के द्वारा कीट आदि बहिरंग मल और कालिमा आदि अन्तरंग मल दोनों प्रकार के मलों का अत्यन्त नाश किया जा सकता है। In some individuals extensive destruction of imperfections and their causes is seen; there must be a case where a particular individual, owing to his supremacy, attains complete destruction of imperfections and their causes. It is akin to the complete removal of external and internal impurities (of a substance like gold ore) on the availability of appropriate means.
Imperfections (called dosa), like attachment, aversion and passions, are dispositions of the soul (bhāvakarma) and these are due to the prior envelopment of the soul (called āvaraņa) by material karmas (dravyakarma), like knowledge-obscuring karmas. There is cause and effect relationship between the
material karmas (avarana) and the imperfections (dosa). Due to appropriate exertion, extensive destruction of imperfections and their causes is possible in some individuals. Acārya Nemicandra's Dravyasamgraha:
जहकालेण तवेण य भुत्तरसं कम्मपुग्गलं जेण। भावेण सडदि णेया तस्सडणं चेदि णिज्जरा दुविहा ॥३६॥
