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## Verse 288-287
**Kapayama Ganga/361**
It is possible to do so. However, one should speak in relation to the intensity of the loss of merit, in the order of Maya, similar to cow urine and a file or a hoe. Here, the word "file" should be taken to mean a piece of wood used to clean teeth (datun or jibi).
The first stage of greed is **Krimiraag Lobhastan**. Krimiraag is a specific type of insect. It regularly excretes a very sticky thread of the same color as the food it consumes, from its waste disposal opening. With that thread, weavers create many valuable multi-colored fabrics. Even though that color is washed with the continuous flow of a thousand pots, washed with various types of alkaline water, it is not possible to remove that color even slightly, because it is a reflected form. Even when burned by fire, the color of that fabric, which is attached to the Krimiraag, never fades, and remains the same. Similarly, the **Atitiiv Lobha Parinam** located in the heart of a being, which cannot be diminished, is said to be similar to the color of Krimiraag.
The second greed is **Nikrishta Veeryavala** and **Teeravasta Parinat**. It is similar to **Akshamal**. The wood that holds the wheel of a chariot or the axle of a cart is called **Praksh**, and its waste is **Akshamal**. That is, the sticky waste of the axle grease. Due to its extreme stickiness, it is not possible to easily remove the Akshamal. Similarly, this greed, being of a dense nature, is deeply rooted in the heart of a being. Therefore, it is not possible to remove it.
The third stage of greed is similar to **Dhuli Lep**. Just as the dust coating on a surface is easily removed by washing with water, and does not stay for long, similarly, this type of greed, which is of a gradually diminishing nature, does not stay for long. It is infinitely weaker than the previous greed, and can be removed with a little effort in a short time.
The fourth, weaker stage of greed is said to be like **Haridravastra**. A cloth dyed with turmeric is called **Haridra**. Just as the color of a cloth dyed with turmeric does not last long, and fades away due to air, sunlight, etc., similarly, this type of greed, being of the weakest nature, does not stay in the soul for long. It disappears in a moment. Thus, greed is said to be of four types, divided by the intensity and weakness of its stages, which are **Prakarsh** and **Aprakarsh**.
**Alpabadhatva** is like this: the **Avivhaagpratiched** of the **Jghanya Vargana** are infinitely more numerous than the **Avivhaagpratiched** of the **Jghanya Vargana** like a tree. The **Avivhaagpratiched** of the second **Vargana** like a vine are infinitely more numerous than the **Avivhaagpratiched** of the second **Vargana** like a tree. Thus, the **Avivhaagpratiched** of the **Utkrisht Vargana** like a vine are infinitely more numerous than the **Avivhaagpratiched** of the **Utkrisht Vargana** like a tree.
3. Jayashwal Pu. 12 p. 156.
1. Jayadhaval Pu. 12 p. 155. 2. Jayadhaval Pu. 12 p. 156. 4. Jayashraval Pu. 12 p. 156-157. 5. Jayadhaval Pu. 12 p. 157.