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## Chapter 180: Description of the Five Astikayas of the Shadva-vyaya
This description of the five Astikayas of the Shadva-vyaya is natural. The Kshayika state, although it is inherent (manifest) in nature, is said to be Karma-krita because it is finite and arises due to the destruction of Karma. The Aupashmika state is also Karma-krita because it arises due to the subsidence of Karma and is destroyed by its non-subsidence.
Alternatively, the four states of Udya, Upashma, Kshaya, and Kshayo-pashma are the states of Dravya-karma. They are not the states of a Jiva with a single state. Therefore, Dravya-karma, which is the state of the soul arising from the Udyaika, is only instrumental in the burden of the soul. Because it is itself transformed, Dravya-karma also acquires the agency of the soul's states in the practical sense. ||58||