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## Verse 62
## Guṇasthāna / 77
The verse uses the phrase "Kalihāmalabhāyanudaya" to explain the purification of the mind, using the analogy of clear water placed in a crystal vessel. This analogy illustrates that even if mud or dirt comes into contact with the water, it cannot make the water impure again once it has been purified. Similarly, once the taint of delusion is destroyed, the mind cannot be polluted again. Therefore, the mind becomes permanently "Samcitta" (equanimous). Although this concept can also be understood from the phrase "Nisseṣakhi Rag Moho," the analogy of "Kalihāmalabhāyanudaya" makes this concept even clearer.
The word "Nirgrantha" (without attachments) mentioned in the verse is of particular significance. There are five types of ascetics: 1. Pulāka, 2. Vakusha, 3. Kuśīla, 4. Nirgrantha, and 5. Snātaka. All five are free from external attachments, but Pulāka, Vakusha, and Kuśīla still have internal attachments due to the presence of Mohaniya Karma (karma that causes delusion). The Nirgrantha designation is truly applicable to those who are in the Kṣīṇamoha Guṇasthāna (stage of diminishing delusion) because their internal attachments are destroyed due to the destruction of Mohaniya Karma. They are also called Nirgrantha because they are about to attain Kevalajñāna (omniscience) and Kevaladarśana (omniscient vision) in the very next moment. Although those in the Upaśāntamoha Guṇasthāna (stage of subdued delusion) are also free from internal attachments, they are not called Nirgrantha in verse 61 because the Mohaniya Karma that causes these attachments still exists. Śrī Pūjyapāda Svāmī and Śrī Alakdeva, along with other Ācāryas, have also used the qualifier "about to attain Kevalajñāna and Kevaladarśana in the very next moment" to specifically designate only those in the Kṣīṇamoha Guṇasthāna as Nirgrantha.
Those who bind us to karma are called "Grantha" (attachments). Attachments are of two types: internal and external. Internal attachments are of fourteen types: 1. Mithyātva (false belief), 2. Hāsya (laughter), 3. Rati (attachment), 4. Arati (aversion), 5. Śoka (sorrow), 6. Bhaya (fear), 7. Jugupsā (disgust), 8. Strīveda (attachment to women), 9. Puruṣaved (attachment to men), 10. Napuṃsaka Veda (attachment to eunuchs), 11. Krodha (anger), 12. Māna (pride), 13. Māyā (deceit), 14. Lobha (greed). External attachments are of ten types: 1. Kṣetra (land), 2. Vāstu (house), 3. Suvarna (gold), 4. Cāndī (silver), 5. Dhana (wealth), 6. Dhānya (grain), 7. Dāsī (female servant), 8. Dās (male servant), 9. Vastra (clothes), 10. Bhāṇḍa (utensils). One who is completely free from these 24 types of attachments is called Nirgrantha.
In this Guṇasthāna, there is no acceptance of Kṣīṇakṣaya (diminishing passions) in the form of name, establishment, or material deposit. However, there is acceptance of Kṣīṇakṣaya in the form of emotional deposit.
Those in the Kṣīṇakṣaya Guṇasthāna become the managers of the nature, state, and section of the body of all karmas from the very first moment. Due to the presence of Bhātra Yoga (the yoga of the soul), the path of the seven-sense being is bound for one moment. For one moment, the three types of Ghatish Karma (karma that causes death) are stimulated until only the remaining time of the present life remains. In the two extreme moments of Kṣīṇakṣaya, the second Śukladhyāna (meditation on the white) destroys the arising and existence of both Nidrā (sleep) and Prachalā (restlessness) karmic natures simultaneously.