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## 40/Go. Sa, Jivakanda
## Verse 42
Compared to the second expansion, the fifteenth **pramada** is **rastrakathalapi** (national story-speaking), **lobhi** (greedy), **sparshanendriya** (touch sense) dominated, **nidralu** (sleepy), and **snehavan** (affectionate).
To find the number of **palapas** (stages), one should multiply the **al** (unit) by the **pindapraman** (number of categories) of the **aks** (axis) and then subtract the **ananakit** (number of categories beyond the specified one). This should be done for all the **aks** from the last one to the first.
**Explanation:**
**Doubt:** What is **ananakit**?
**Solution:** The number of categories beyond the specified category of an **aks** is called **ananakit**. For example, if the first category of the **viktha** (story) **aks** is **streekatha** (woman story), then the **ananakit** is three, as there are three more categories beyond it: **bhaktakatha** (devotee story), **rastrakatha** (national story), and **rajkatha** (king story).
**Example:**
Let's find the number of **palapas** for a **pramada** that is **snehavan**, **nidralu**, **shrotrendriya** (hearing sense) dominated, **mayavi** (illusory), and **streekathalapi**.
1. We start with the **al** of one and multiply it by the **pindapraman** of the first **aks**, **viktha**, which is four. This gives us four.
2. The **ananakit** for **viktha** is three, as there are three more categories beyond **streekatha**.
3. We subtract the **ananakit** (3) from the product (4), leaving us with one.
4. We multiply this one by the **pindapraman** of the second **aks**, **kashaya** (passion), which is four. This gives us four.
5. The **ananakit** for **kashaya** is one, as there is one more category beyond **maya** (illusion).
6. We subtract the **ananakit** (1) from the product (4), leaving us with three.
7. We multiply this three by the **pindapraman** of the third **aks**, **indriya** (sense), which is five. This gives us fifteen.
Therefore, the **pramada** is the fifteenth **palapas**.
**Note:** There is a variation in the text regarding the **ananakit** and the order of the **aks**.