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Karmagrantha Part Four
The first, second, fourth, thirteenth, and Dhobahara are the five Gunasthanas mentioned in Anaharakmarg. The first three Gunasthanas are in relation to the Anaharak state during the Vigrahagati-kalin period, the thirteenth Gunasthan is in relation to the Anaharasha state that occurs in the third, fourth, and fifth times of Kelisamudhat, and the fourteenth Gunasthan should be understood in relation to the Anaharak state that arises from Yoga-nirodha.
It is sometimes written that death does not occur in the third, twelfth, and thirteenth Gunasthanas, but it is possible in the remaining eleven Gunasthanas. Therefore, there is a doubt here: if death is possible in the remaining eleven Gunasthanas, then why are only the first, second, and fourth Gunasthanas considered in Vigrahagati?
The solution is that the statement about the presence of the aforementioned eleven Gunasthanas at the time of death is based on practical death (referring to the final time of the present bhava, in which the moksha becomes death-prone), not on certain death. The primary emergence of the lifespan of Parbhaksha is certain death. At that time, the jiva is devoid of Virati. The relationship of Vatika is only up to the final time of the present bhava. Therefore, in the time of certain death, i.e., in Vigrahagati, the fifth to eighth Gunasthanas, which have Virati, are not possible, except for the first, second, and fourth Gunasthanas. || 23 ||