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## Verse 260-264
**Verse 260**
Those beings who are free from the **kṣayās** (passions) like anger, which cause hindrance, bondage, and non-restraint to oneself, others, and both, and who are free from external and internal impurities, are **akṣayī** (non-passionate). ||26||
**Explanation:**
The **kṣayās** like anger are the cause of karmic bondage for oneself, and they also cause bondage to others by generating **kṣayās** in them. Or, the **kṣayās** like anger, arising in oneself, and causing the generation of **kṣayās** in others, bind both oneself and others. Similarly, the one who is passionate is himself unhappy, causes unhappiness to others, or is a **kṣayā** that causes hindrance to both oneself and others. In the grip of **kṣayās**, both sensory restraint and restraint of the body are lost. Those beings who are free from these **kṣayās** like anger are **akṣayī** (non-passionate). These beings are free from the three karmic impurities: **dravya-karma** (matter-karma), **bhāva-karma** (mental-karma), and **noka-karma** (verbal-karma), according to the Siddhas. Or, those who are free from **bhāva-karma** (mental-karma) are **amala** (pure), according to the eleventh and subsequent **guṇasthāna** (stages of spiritual development).
**Doubt:**
Which beings residing in which **guṇasthāna** (stages of spiritual development) are passionate?
**Resolution:**
Beings in the four **guṇasthāna** (stages of spiritual development) of **upaśānta-kṣayavītarāga** (calm-passionless), **chhadma-sthā** (hidden), **kṣīṇa-kṣayavītarāga** (diminished-passionless), **sthā** (stable), **sayoga-kevalī** (liberated by knowledge), and **prayoga-kevalī** (liberated by practice) are free from **kṣayās**.
**Doubt:**
How can the **upaśānta-kṣayā** (calm-passionless) **guṇasthāna** (stage of spiritual development) be considered free from **kṣayās**? Because the presence of **dravya-kṣayā** (matter-passion) in the form of infinite atoms makes it impossible for it to be free from **kṣayās**.
**Resolution:**
No, because the absence of the arising of **kṣayās** makes it free from **kṣayās**.
**Verse 261**
There are thirty-four types of **kṣayās** according to their location, such as **sthāna-kṣayā** (location-passion), **koha-kṣayā** (anger-passion), etc., in relation to **śakti** (power) or **āyu-bandha** (life-bondage). There are four types of **kṣayās** according to the **sattīla** (life-span) and **sāmrājya-bandha** (kingdom-bondage) and **bandha-gati-bheda** (bondage-path-difference).
**Verse 262**
They are **śilā-śela** (stone-rock), **veṇu-mūṣika** (bamboo-rat), **mirāyā** (illusion), and **ādī** (beginning) in order. There are four types of **kṣayās** according to **koha** (anger) etc.
**Verse 263**
**Koha** (anger) etc. are six in number in the earth. **Sukkottiya** (dry-heat) is in dust, water, and dry things.
**Verse 264**
**Śela** (rock) is in **kiṇha** (black), **suśāṁ** (white), **khira** (milk), and **ya** (which) is in **bhūga-ega-biṭṭhāla** (earth-fire-air). **Riya** (desire) is in **igibiti-nāū** (fire-water-air) and **tiṭṭhāna** (place) is in four. **Dhūli-gachcha-ṭṭhāra** (dust-going-support) is in four, **ura-ūti-gada-uga** (chest-breath-going-coming) is above. **Paśca-duṭṭhāna** (back-place) is in **deva** (god), **deva** (god), **suṣṇa** (dry), and **tiḍvāṇa** (lightning).