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Apuvvakaraṇa-pavitha-suddhi-sanjadesu atthi uvasama khavā - 16 In general, there are karmic subsider and destroyer living beings through apurvakāraņa-sayana (unprecedented volitions).
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Q. What is the definition of apūrvakaraṇa-sayanat ? A. The terms karaṇa here means mental disposition or bhāva and apūrva means as nonexistant or unprecedent. Thus the word apūrvakarana indicates that there are innumerable types of mental dispositions with respect to many living beings varying gradually in each samaya, from the very beginning. However, mental dispositions of the living beings of given time are unusually different from that of the mental dispositions of the living beings of any intended time. Thus apūrvakarana bhāva are those which did not exist at previous times and have unusual character at each time. The living beings with such apūrvakarana bhāva are called apūrvakarana-sayanat (unprecedented volitionally restrained). They could be aupașamika (karmic subsiders) and kșapak (karmic destroyers) because of his tendency towards destruction or subsidence of karma.
Q. In the eigth stage neither there is kşaya (destructional) nor upaşam (subsidence) of karma. Hence how the living beings at this stage could be called aupașamika and kşapak ones? A. As a rule, the living being at eighth stage does destroy or subside the conduct-deluding karma in future. Hence, the living being at this stage has been formally or figuratively called kșapak (derstroyer) or upașamak (invader) of karma.
Q. What is the bhāva at this stage out of the five kinds ? A. There is the destructional volition in kșapak being and there is the aupașamika (subsidential) volition in upașamak being. It is said also in the GJ verses 51, 52 and 54: "The Jinas have said that there is never any similarity in volitions of the living beings existing at different times in the stage of apūrvakaraņa (unpreccedented) bhāva. However, there is both similarity and dissimilarity in bhāvas of the living beings existing at the same time. In this spiritual stage therefore the living beings existing at different times have apūrvakarana bhāva. The living beings with such volitions are always ready for upaşam (subsidence) or kşaya (destructional) sub-species of the mohaniya (deluding) karma.”
The next verse describes the last stage of the spiritual stages involving coarse kaşaya (passions):
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