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Gommatasara Karmakanda-310 now speaks of the method of destruction (kshapanavidhi).
A being with an un-controlled (asanyata) samyagdristi, savatasayata, pramattasanyata or apramattasanyata, destroys these seven natures: anantanubandhi krodha, mana, maya, lobha, and mithyatva, samyagmithyatva, and samyaktvaprakriti.
Doubt: Does it destroy these seven natures simultaneously or in sequence?
Resolution: No, because at the time of the ultimate annihilation (anivrittikaran) by three karmas, first the four anantanubandhi kshayas are destroyed simultaneously. After that, again by three karmas, after the lower karma (adhahkaran) and the previous karma (apurvakaran) are transgressed and the numerical part of the annihilation (anivrittikaran) is passed, mithyatva is destroyed. After that, after an antarmuhurta (a very short time) is passed, samyagmithyatva is destroyed. After that, after an antarmuhurta is passed, samyaktvaprakriti is destroyed.
Thus, the kshayikasamyagdristi being, having attained the ati-sheesha (highest) apramattagunasthan (state of virtue), when he begins the method of destruction (kshapanavidhi), by the lower karma (adhahkaran), he becomes the apurvakaranagunasthan (state of virtue) in an antarmuhurta. He does not destroy a single karma, but at every moment, he destroys countless karma-regions (karma-pradesha). In each antarmuhurta, he destroys one sthitikandika (a unit of time) and within his time, he destroys thousands of sthitikandikas. And he destroys as many sthitibandha (bondage) and from them, he destroys thousands of times more anubhagakandikas (units of experience), because the time of the destruction of one anubhagakandika is thousands of times greater than the time of the destruction of one sthitikandika, as per the sutra (scripture). Thus, by performing the action related to the apurvakaranagunasthan (state of virtue) and entering the anivrittikaranagunasthan (state of virtue), there also, by passing the numerical parts of the anivrittikaran time, by the same method of sthitikandika destruction, etc., as the apurvakaran, when the numerical part of the anivrittikaran time remains, he destroys these sixteen natures: styanagridhi, nidranidra, prachala-prachala, narakagati, tiryanchagati, ekendriyajati, dwiindriyajati, triindriyajati, and chaturindriyajati, narakagati prayogyanupurvi, tiryanchagati prayogyanupurvi, aatap, udyot, sthavar, sukshma, and sadharan. After that, after an antarmuhurta is passed, he destroys these eight natures: pratyakhyanavaran and apratyakhyanavaran related to krodha, mana, maya, and lobha, all at once. This is the teaching of satkarma-prabhrut (the destruction of good karma), but the teaching of kshaya-prabhrut (the destruction of kshayas) is as follows: after the destruction of the eight kshayas, in one antarmuhurta, the aforementioned sixteen karma-natures are destroyed. Both these teachings are true for us, because in the present time, due to the absence of a kevali or shruta-kevali,
1. Dh. Pu. 15.215 onwards |