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## Chapter 161: Description of the Action of Eliminating the Attachment to Conduct and Making the Horse's Ear
**490.** In that very first moment, he makes the *apūrvapradya* (unprecedented competitors) known.
**491.** We will describe their nature.
**492.** It is as follows:
**493.** The *ādivargā* (initial class) of all the *akṣapaka* (non-destructive) beings' *karma* (actions) is equal to the *deśaghāti* (destructive to the realm) competitors. Even among all the *sarvabhāti* (destructive to all) *karma*, except for *mithyātva* (falsehood), the *ādivargā* of the remaining *sarvabhāti* *karma* is equal. These are called *pūrvapradya* (previous competitors).
**494.** Then, from those, he makes the *apūrvapradya* (unprecedented competitors) of the four *sanjalana* (agitations) known.
**495.** How does he make them known?
**496.** From the *pūrvapradya* (previous competitors) of the *sanjalanalobha* (agitation of greed), he eliminates an innumerable part of the *pradeśāgra* (peak of the realm) and makes other *apūrvapradya* (unprecedented competitors) known in the infinite part below the first *deśaghāti* (destructive to the realm) competitor.
**497.** Those *apūrvapradya* (unprecedented competitors) are as numerous as the innumerable part of the *pradeśaguṇahāni* (loss of the merit of the realm) competitors, which are infinite in number.
**Churnisūtra:** In that very first moment, he makes the *apūrvapradya* (unprecedented competitors) of the four *sanjalana* (agitations) known.
**Viśeṣārtha:** Those competitors who were never attained before, but who are attained in the *kṣapaka* (destructive) series during the time of *aśvakarṇakaraṇa* (making the horse's ear), and who are gradually diminishing in nature due to infinite multiplication of loss from the previous competitors attained in the state of *samsāra* (cycle of birth and death), are called *apūrvapradya* (unprecedented competitors).
**Churnisūtra:** Now, we will describe the nature of those *apūrvapradya* (unprecedented competitors). It is as follows: The *ādivargā* (initial class) of all the *akṣapaka* (non-destructive) beings' *karma* (actions) is equal to the *deśaghāti* (destructive to the realm) competitors. Even among all the *sarvabhāti* (destructive to all) *karma*, except for *mithyātva* (falsehood), the *ādivargā* of the remaining *sarvabhāti* *karma* is equal. These are called *pūrvapradya* (previous competitors). Then, from those, the first-moment *avedī* (ignorant) being makes the *apūrvapradya* (unprecedented competitors) of the four *sanjalana* (agitations) known.
**Śaṅkā:** How does he make those *apūrvapradya* (unprecedented competitors) known?
**Samādāna:** Although this first-moment *avedī* (ignorant) *kṣapaka* (destructive) eliminates the *apūrvapradya* (unprecedented competitors) of all four *kṣaya* (passions) simultaneously, (it is impossible to describe all of them at once, therefore) we will first describe the method of eliminating the *apūrvapradya* (unprecedented competitors) of *lobha* (greed). From the *pūrvapradya* (previous competitors) of *sanjalanalobha* (agitation of greed), he eliminates an innumerable part of the *pradeśāgra* (peak of the realm) and makes other *apūrvapradya* (unprecedented competitors) known in the infinite part below the first *deśaghāti* (destructive to the realm) competitor. Although they are infinite in number, they are as numerous as the innumerable part of the *pradeśaguṇahāni* (loss of the merit of the realm) competitors, which are infinite in number.
**1.** Those *apūrvapradya* (unprecedented competitors) are called those competitors which were not attained in the state of *samsāra* (cycle of birth and death), but which are attained in the *kṣapaka* (destructive) series during the time of *aśvakarṇakaraṇa* (making the horse's ear), and which are gradually diminishing in nature due to infinite multiplication of loss from the previous competitors.
**2.** The *ādivargā* (initial class) of the *pūrvapradya* (previous competitors) are those which are diminishing in nature in each class, and when they become half in the particular object, then that is called the *guṇahāniṭṭhāna* (place of loss of merit).