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## 282
**Shataka**
The passions calmed by a virtuous man can also cause the downfall of a person with a character similar to a Jina, let alone other passionate men? Therefore, as one descends, the natures that were freed in each of the Gunasthanas while reading, begin to bind again upon reaching those Gunasthanas.
Descending, he stops at the seventh or Nth Gunasthana, and if he does not control himself there, he reaches the fifth and fourth Gunasthanas. If the Anantanubandhi arises, he becomes a Sasadan Samyagdarshi and again falls into Mithyatva. And in this way, everything done is ruined.
But it should be kept in mind that if the ascender of the Patan-oriented Upshama Shreni recovers upon reaching the sixth Gunasthana, he can again ascend the Upshama Shreni. Because the mention of ascending the Upshama Shreni twice in one Bhava is found. But the being who twice
**Adhakhanye Pasto Adhapavattoti Padi Hu Kamen. Sujjhato Arohadi Paddi So Sankilismato.**
-Samdhisar Ga. 310
Falls to the Adhakarana in the Upshama Shreni, if there are pure results afterwards, he ascends again to the higher Gunasthanas, and if there are Sanklesha results, he descends to the lower Gunasthanas.
**Ekamche Dukkhutto Charittamoham Uvasamejja.**
-Karmaprakriti Ga. 64
-Panchasangraha Ga. 63 (Pam)