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217. Question: In the Sarak श्रेणी (category) of the Kāla (time) Nāmar (name) Guṇapan (quality), how do the Prakṛtis (principles) decay? Answer: The Navam (ninth) Guṇasthān (stage of spiritual progress) has nine parts. In the first part, the following sixteen Prakṛtis decay: Narakagati (hellish existence), Narakagatyānupūrvi (existence preceding hell), Tiryaṅgati (animal existence), Tiryaṅgatyānupūrvi (existence preceding animal existence), Dwīndriya (two-sense), Trīndriya (three-sense), Chaturindriya (four-sense) Jāti (species), Styāna (stupor), Gṛddhi (greed), Nidrā (sleep), Prachalā (restlessness), Udyota (brightness), Ātap (heat), Ekendriya (one-sense) Jāti, Sādhāraṇa (ordinary), Sūkṣma (subtle), and Sādhāraṇa. In the second part, the following eight Prakṛtis decay: Apratyākhyānāvaraṇa Chatuṣka (fourfold non-rejection veil) and Pratyākhyānā Chatuṣka (fourfold rejection veil). In the third part, one Napuṃsakaved (non-masculine knowledge) decays. In the fourth part, one Strīved (feminine knowledge) decays. In the fifth part, six No Kṣayās (non-passions) decay. In the sixth part, one Puruṣaved (masculine knowledge) decays. In the seventh part, one Sanjvalana Krodha (burning anger) decays. In the eighth part, Sanjvalanāmāna (burning pride) decays. And in the ninth part, Sanjvalanāmāyā (burning delusion) decays. 21. Question: Which one Prakṛti decays in the Dasam (tenth) Guṇasthān? Answer: Sanjvalana Lobha (burning greed), this one Prakṛti decays at the end of the Dasam Guṇasthān. It does not decay for those in the Upaśānta (calm) Moh (delusion) Guṇasthān, who are in the Kṣapaka (destructive) श्रेणी (category), but only for those in the Upaśama (subduing) श्रेणी (category).