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**Karmastaya**
1.
After,
second,
and the time taken to pronounce five short vowels (a, i, u, ṛ, ḷṛ) is the time taken for **shaileshikaran** (destruction of name, lineage and lifespan), all karmas are completely destroyed. When those karmas are destroyed, they move upwards to the Siddha Kshetra in a single moment of righteous conduct.
Just as a clay pot, covered in clay, rises upwards from the water level due to its nature when the clay is removed and becomes stable on the surface of the water, similarly, when the karma-mala is removed, the pure soul, due to its nature of upward movement, moves upwards to the front part of the upper realm and resides there.
The reason for the pure soul residing in the front part of the realm is that there is no supporting cause, **dharmaastikaya**, for further movement beyond the end of the realm. Therefore, liberated beings only move up to the end of the upper realm.
There is no mental, verbal or physical activity of any kind, gross or subtle, and that state does not change later. Due to the effect of this meditation, all attachment and bondage are stopped, all karmas are destroyed, and liberation is attained.
1. **Shaileshi:** The state of stillness, stability, and equilibrium, like Mount Meru, is called **shaileshi**. In that state, the destruction of the **vedaniya** karma, name, and lineage, from their countless categories, along with the lifespan karma, in their respective positions, is called **shaileshikaran**.
2. In the sky, the area where the living beings, pudgala, dharma, etc., six substances, exist...