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In a state akin to the ocean, the supreme upadhyaya of kashaya-kushala and nirgrantha exists in the position of thirty-three ocean-like conditions. The liberation of the renunciant is achieved.
8. Position (Types of restraint) - The restraint of kashaya and yoga is what constitutes samyama. Restraint is not uniform across all beings; instead, it varies according to the degree of restraint of kashaya and yoga. Where the restraint is minimal, it is counted under the category of samyama; thus, there are countless types of samyama owing to the varying intensities of restraint from total restraint to complete samyama. All these types (varieties) are called samyama-sthana. As long as there is even the slightest connection with kashaya, those samyama-sthanas are termed vishayanimitak, followed by those that are yoganimitak. The ultimate samyama-sthana is attained when complete suppression of yoga occurs. As one progresses through earlier samyama-sthanas, there will be an increase in kashaya transformation; likewise, as one attains higher samyama-sthanas, kashaya feelings diminish, thus the higher samyama-sthanas should be regarded as the purest of locations. In yoganimitak samyama-sthanas, even when there is an equal purity of the state of non-kashaya, stability varies with the degree of yoga suppression; thus, the stability is also of diverse varieties due to variations in yoga suppression, meaning that even yoganimitak samyama-sthanas are numerous in types. The final samyama-sthana can only be one, in which there is supreme purity and utmost stability.
Among the aforementioned types of samyama-sthanas, the most inferior positions are those of pulaka and kashaya-kushala. Both of these progress simultaneously towards countless samyama-sthanas. After this, pulaka halts, but kashaya-kushala continues to ascend to countless positions alone. Thereafter, kashaya-kushala, pratisavanakushala, and bakush together advance to countless samyama-sthanas. Following this, bakush stops, and pratisavanakushala also ascends to its countless positions and then halts. Thereafter, kashaya-kushala halts after reaching countless positions. Subsequently, akashaya, meaning only yoganimitak samyama-sthanas, comes into play, which is attained by the nirgrantha, and it too ascends to countless positions and then stops in the same manner. Ultimately, one solitary final, supreme, pure, and stable samyama appears, through which the renunciant achieves liberation. Although these positions are countless, each is regarded as infinitely purer in the latter compared to the former. 49.