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is exploded then the activity is termed as Apurva Karana, and when the soul touches right conviction then the activity is called anivruti Karana.
Then the soul is acting introvertially wherein in the first stage the soul experiences the results of the folds of false conviction Thus it is possessed of false-belief but this state continues only for Antar Muhurta'. Thereafter it has not to experience the folds of false-belief producing Karmas. It then attains to Aupashamika type of right conviction. Thus whole process is compared with conflagration, by the revered authors of the Scriptures. A conflagration normally spreads on but gets extinguished on reaching the consumed soil and grass etc. Thus this conflagration of false conviction is also extinguished in the absence of false-belief-karmicfolds, on attaining the second stage
This right-conviction continues for a period of 'Antar Muhurta endless passion dawns upon some souls within a minimum period of one 'Samaya' or a maximum period of six 'Avalikas'. Then all the right beliefs are purged out and the soul is deviated towards false-convictions again. Still at this time the Soul has some taste-flavour inclination for the right-beliefs like a man overfed with sweets, when vomits out all his belly-contents, does retain same taste or flavour of the sweets on his tongue or in his mouth.
Soul rambling from the fourth stage of "attributes" to the eleventh stage of "attributes" when deluded arrives at this stage and unfailingly acquires 'false-beliefs' minimum within a period of one 'Samaya' and maximum within a period of six 'Avalikas'.
This second stage is not met with by the progressive souls. Only degrading souls come across it and so it can be well termed as a 'derogatory' stage. Still however, the souls which have reached this stage indeed acquire salvation and this stage is certainly higher than the first as this is also the progressive stage of the Soul's attributes. It should also be noted at the same time that first, second and third stages of the attributes of the soul represent undeveloped state of the soul and the succeeding stages represent developed stages. On the fourth stage the soul attains right-belief and here the actual progress of the soul commences.
