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The second karma grantha has never seen or heard of rice and other grains. Therefore, they do not feel any attraction or aversion towards unseen and unheard grains: they remain in a state of non-existence. Similarly, the sambanmithyadristi jiva also remain in a state of equanimity without feeling any attraction or aversion towards the path that is manifested as omniscience.
Just as when curd and jaggery are mixed together in such a way that they cannot be separated again, then each part of it has a mixed form (a combination of both sour and sweet). Similarly, the function of the samyagmithyatva-prakriti, one of the karma-prakritis that destroy the qualities of the soul, is unique. It does not result in only samyaktva-rupa or only mithyatva-rupa, but in a mixed result of both. That is, both samyaktva and mithyatva-rupa results remain at the same time.
_Doubt_ - This cannot become a third gunasthan because a mixed result cannot occur. If two opposite types of results are considered in the same soul and at the same time, then there will be a contradiction in the form of the mutual coexistence of cold and hot. If the two results are considered to arise in sequence, then the mixed form does not become a third gunasthan.
_Solution_ - The above statement is not correct, because according to the mitra-amin nyaya, a friend-like result can occur in the same time and in the same soul. For example, in a person named Devadatta, there can be friendship with Yajnadutta and
- - . 1. "Dhi guḍa bhib vā missaṁ pahabhāvaṁ va kāridam sakkaṁ.
Evaṁ missayabhāvo sammāmicchotti gādabhyo." - Gommat Goshaka 22