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## Gama 686-660
## Antarbhāv / 746
**Doubt:** Does the power of *parihar-ṛddhi* also exist in the eighth and subsequent *guṇasthānas* (stages of spiritual progress) of the thread of *yādi* (a type of spiritual practice)? If so, should we accept the *sadbhāv* (harmonious state) of this *samyama* (spiritual restraint)?
**Solution:** No, although *parihar-ṛddhi* is found in the eighth and subsequent *guṇasthānas*, the function of *parihar* (restraint) is not found there. Therefore, the influence of *parihar-śuddhi-samyama* is not present in the eighth and subsequent *guṇasthānas*.
**Doubt:** Is *sūkṣma-sāmprāya-samyama* one type of *yama* (restraint) or five types? If it is one type, then *pañtrayama* (five types of *yama*) cannot lead to liberation or ascent to the *upasama-śreṇī* (category of spiritual progress) through *chedopasthāpana-samyama* (a type of spiritual practice). This is because liberation and ascent to the *upasama-śreṇī* cannot be achieved without attaining the *sūkṣma-sāmprāya-guṇasthāna*. If *sūkṣma-sāmprāya* is five types of *yama*, then the beings who practice *sāmayika-samyama* (a type of spiritual practice) will have both the aforementioned faults. If *sūkṣma-sāmprāya* is considered to be both one and five types of *yama*, then there will be two types of *sūkṣma-sāmprāya* due to the difference between one *yama* and five *yamas*.
**Solution:** The first two alternatives are not correct because we have not accepted them. Similarly, the fault mentioned in the third alternative is also not possible because there is no difference in *sangama* (union) due to the difference between five *yamas* and one *yama*. If there were a difference in *samyama* due to the lesser or greater intensity of one *yama* and five *yamas*, then there would be a difference in *samyama*. But this is not the case because there is no special characteristic in either of them with respect to *samyama*. Therefore, there are not two types of *sūkṣma-sāmprāya* in relation to those two.
**Doubt:** If there cannot be two types of *sangama* in relation to those two, then how can the teaching of five types of *samyama* be possible?
**Solution:** If five types of *samyama* do not occur, then it is not true.
**Doubt:** Then how many types of *samyama* are there?
**Solution:** There are four types of *samyama* because the fifth type, *sangama*, is not found.
**Explanation:** There are four *guṇasthānas* in *kṣīṇakṣāya-vītarāga-chhadmastha* (a state of spiritual progress), *yathakhyāta-śuddhi-sangata* (a state of spiritual progress), *upasāntakapāya-vītarāga-chhadmastha* (a state of spiritual progress), *rāyogikevalī* (a type of liberated being), and *ayogikevalī* (a type of liberated being).
**Explanation:** There is one *guṇasthāna* in *sanvatāsamyata* (a type of spiritual practice), which is *ekadeśavirat* (a state of spiritual progress), meaning *samyama-samyama-guṇasthāna* (a state of spiritual progress).