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There are 32 **karma** categories, all of which have **adhya-vayas** (karmic tendencies) that are considered **madhyama** (intermediate). The purification of the **jghanya** (inferior) **adhya-vayas** of the first category is less difficult than the purification of the **utkrista** (superior) **adhya-vayas** of the last category. And within the 32 categories, the **adhya-vayas** of the later categories are considered to be more pure than the **adhya-vayas** of the earlier categories.
Generally, one should understand that **adhya-vayas** of the same time period are more pure than each other in the following ways:
(1) **Ananta-bhag** (infinite parts) more pure,
(2) **Asankhyata-bhag** (innumerable parts) more pure,
(3) **Sankhyata-bhag** (countable parts) more pure,
(4) **Sankhyata-guna** (countable times) more pure,
(5) **Asankhyata-guna** (innumerable times) more pure,
(6) **Ananta-guna** (infinite times) more pure.
These six types of greater purity, **Ananta-bhag** more pure, etc., are called **pad-sthana** (stages).
Thus, in the order of purification, the **adhya-vayas** of the second time period are different from the **adhya-vayas** of the first time period. And the **utkrista** **adhya-vayas** of the first time period are **Ananta-guna** (infinite times) more pure than the **jghanya** **adhya-vayas** of the first time period. And the **jghanya** **adhya-vayas** of the second time period are also **Ananta-guna** (infinite times) more pure than the **utkrista** **adhya-vayas** of the first time period. In this way, until the final time period, the **adhya-vayas** of each subsequent time period are more pure than the **adhya-vayas** of the previous time periods.
The names of these **pad-sthana** (stages) are:
(1) **Ananta-bhag** **hina** (infinite parts less),
(2) **Asankhyata-bhag** **hina** (innumerable parts less),
(3) **Sankhyata-bhag** **hina** (countable parts less),
(4) **Sankhyata-guna** **hina** (countable times less),
(5) **Asankhyata-guna** **hina** (innumerable times less),
(6) **Ananta-guna** **hina** (infinite times less).