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## Chapter 228
If a *sar* of something cooked on fire is reduced to half a *sar*, it becomes more bitter. This is a more intense state. When it is reduced to one-third of a *sar*, it becomes the most bitter. This is the most intense state. And when it is reduced to a quarter of a *sar*, it becomes extremely bitter. This is the extremely intense state. This is an illustration of the four states of intense *rasa* (experience) of inauspicious natures.
The illustration of the four states of intense *rasa* of auspicious natures is as follows: Just as the natural juice that comes out when sugarcane is crushed is naturally sweet, when that juice is cooked on fire and reduced to half a *sar*, it becomes sweeter. When it is reduced to one-third of a *sar*, it becomes the sweetest. And when it is reduced to a quarter of a *sar*, it becomes extremely sweet. In this way, one should understand the four states of *totra rasa*.
Now, we will clarify the four states of *manda rasa*. Just as the bitter *rasa* of *nom* or the sweet *rasa* of sugarcane becomes mild when a spoonful of water is added to it, it becomes milder when a glass of water is added, it becomes the mildest when a pitcher of water is added, and it becomes extremely mild when a pot of water is added. Similarly, one should understand the mild, milder, mildest, and extremely mild states of *manda rasa* of inauspicious and auspicious natures.
The reason for this intensity and mildness is the intensity and mildness of *kṣaya*. Intense *kṣaya* binds *totra* in inauspicious natures and *mantra* experience in auspicious natures. And mild *kṣaya* binds *manda* in inauspicious natures and intense experience in auspicious natures. In other words, the increase of *saṃdeśa* results and the decrease of pure results bind the intense, more intense, most intense, and extremely intense *anubhāga* of inauspicious natures. And the increase of pure results and the decrease of *saṃkleśa* results bind the mild, milder, mildest, and extremely mild *anubhāga* of auspicious natures.