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Although the complete destruction of the four fatal karmas, namely mohaniya, etc., leads to the manifestation of liberation (vitragatva) and omniscience (sarvagnatva), the four non-fatal karmas, namely vedaniya, etc., still remain. This prevents liberation. Therefore, the destruction of these remaining karmas is also essential. When these karmas are also destroyed, the cycle of birth and death ceases due to the complete absence of karmas, and this is liberation.
However, if the intensity of the ayu karma is less and the intensity of the remaining three non-fatal karmas - vedaniya, nama, and gotra - is more, then their destruction along with ayu karma is not possible. Therefore, the destruction of these karmas occurs along with the destruction of the intensity of ayu karma, etc.
The soul-regions (atma-pradesh) of the Kevali extend to every region of the universe (loka-akasha), and their aura (asma) pervades the entire universe. This is because the countless regions of a soul and the countless regions of the universe are equal.
After this process, the soul-regions begin to contract. For example, in the fifth time interval, the regions become empty and transform into a churning vessel (mathani), in the sixth time interval, they become a door (kapat), in the seventh time interval, they become a staff (danda), and in the eighth time interval, the soul of the Kevali Bhagwan returns to its original form.
This process of soul-expansion (samuddhāt) is natural. It takes only eight time intervals. Through this process of soul-expansion, the non-fatal karmas with intensity greater than the intensity of ayu karma are destroyed. Then, the Kevali attains liberation within a moment (antar-muhūrta).
In this process of soul-expansion, there is no activity of the mind (man) and speech (vachan) yogas, only the body yoga (kāya-yoga) is active. Even in that, in the first, eighth time intervals, there is generous body yoga (audārika kāya-yoga), in the second, sixth, and seventh time intervals, there is mixed generous body yoga (audārika-miśra kāya-yoga), and in the third, fourth, and fifth time intervals, there is karmic body yoga (kārmaṇ kāya-yoga).
The soul-expansion (samuddhāt) occurs only for ordinary Kevalis, not for the Tirthankaras.