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## Fifth Karma Group
Although all the natures of mohaniya karma are completely subsided in the upshama shreni, even after being subsided, the existence of that karma remains. Just as when a filter is put in muddy water, the dirt settles down and the water becomes clear, but the dirt remains below, similarly in the upshama shreni, the mohaniya karma, which contaminates the feelings of the jiva, is pacified. As the results like apurvakarana etc. ascend, the particles of the remaining natures of mohaniya karma, like dust, are pacified one after another. In this way, the natures that have gone into upshama cannot be reduced or increased in their state and division. They cannot be awakened or stimulated, nor can they be transformed into other natures. But this upshama is done for a short period of time. Therefore, when the jiva reaches the eleventh gunasthan after subsiding subtle greed in the tenth gunasthan, the subsided kshayas emerge again after a minimum of one time and a maximum of an antamuhurta. The result of this is that the ascending jiva of the upshama shreni starts to descend in the same order in which it ascended, and its downfall begins. The downfall of a jiva with pacified kshayas is inevitable. This fact is clearly stated in the necessary appointment gatha 118:
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1. "Uvasatam kammam ja na tao kadei na dei udaye ni. Nay gamabai parpagay na cheva dhae tam tu." - Pancham Karmagrah, Swopash Toka, page 131
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