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**Ownership of the Inferior Status-Bond**
Having explained the ownership of the Superior Status-Bond, we now explain the ownership of the Inferior Status-Bond. Before considering the ownership of the Inferior Status-Bond, it is essential to know two things. First, just as Superior Status-Bond requires Superior Affliction, similarly, Inferior Status-Bond requires Superior Purity. Second, the Status-Bond of those Karma-Natures which are bound due to the harmonious presence of the appropriate passions up to a particular Gunasthan, and whose binding is completely severed in the next Gunasthan, so that there is no possibility of binding, is called the Inferior Status-Bond in that Gunasthan.
Therefore, beginning the explanation of the Inferior Status-Bond, we first mention the Inferior Status-Bond of the Tirthankara Name and Aharadvik. It is said that the Inferior Status-Bond of these Natures, namely Aharakatik and Tirthankara Name Karma, occurs in the eighth Gunasthan called A-purvakarana. This is because the beings in this Gunasthan are the most pure in their results. And, the Inferior Status-Bond of the five Natures, namely Sanjwalana Krodha, Mana, Maya, Lobha, and Purusha Veda, occurs up to the ninth Gunasthan called Anivritibadar.
Regarding the ownership of the Inferior Status-Bond of the eight Natures, from Aharadvik to Purusha Veda, it is important to know that both the eighth and ninth Gunasthan should be considered as belonging to the Kshapaka Shreni. This is because there is a special purity in the Kshapaka Shreni compared to the Upshama Shreni.
1. For the names of the Natures whose binding is severed in the eighth, ninth, and tenth Gunasthan, see the second Karmagrantha, verses 6, 10, and 11.