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## Chapter 202: Sapttatika
This chapter deals with the seventh to tenth **guna-sthana** (stages of spiritual progress) of **apuurvakarana** (the process of purification). Due to the extreme purity of the soul at this stage, it does not experience **vaikriya** (physical transformations) or **aaharaka** (nutritive) **samudghata** (agitation), resulting in only one **30-prakritik** (30-natured) **udayasthan** (state of arising) instead of the usual 25 **prakritik** **udayasthan**.
Within the **one-prakritik** **bandha-sthan** (state of bondage), there are eight **satta-sthan** (states of existence). The first four, **63**, **92**, and the **prakritikasthana** (natural state), are considered **upshama-shreni** (ascending series) while the last four, **80**, **76**, **76**, and **75**, are considered **kshapka-shreni** (descending series). However, until the first stage of **anivrittikarana** (cessation of karmic bondage) is complete, the **13 prakritis** (natures) of **sthavar** (stationary), **sukshma** (subtle), **tiryach-dwik** (two-way moving), **naraka-dwik** (two-way moving in hell), **jati-chatuksh** (four-fold birth), **sadharan** (ordinary), **athap** (heat), and **udyol** (effort) are not destroyed, and the first four **satta-sthan** of **63** etc. are still found in the **kshapka-shreni**.
Therefore, in the **one-prakritik** **bandha-sthan**, there is one **30-prakritik** **udayasthan** and eight **satta-sthan** of **63**, **62**, **86**, **88**, **80**, **76**, **76**, and **75**.
Now, let's consider the **udayasthan** and **satta-sthan** of the **uparat-bandha** (state of cessation of bondage). Even though there is no bondage, we still consider **udayasthan** and **satta-sthan** because **namakarma** (karma related to name and form) binds until the tenth **guna-sthan**, not beyond. However, **uday** (arising) and **satta** (existence) continue until the fourteenth **guna-sthan**. Despite this, there are various **udayasthan** and **satta-sthan** depending on the different conditions and types of souls. The verse states:
**Varche bas bas beyerasanttammi thanani.**
Meaning: Even in the absence of bondage, there are ten **udayasthan** and ten **satta-sthan**.