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VRATAS.
If the individual has controlled this 'Kashāya' of greediness by the will, then, after this, he is ordained to reach or secure the 11th 'guna-sthana', because this 11th is the gußa-sthara of those who have complete control over their ‘kashūya'.
But provided he has totally worked out and destroyed it i. e. greediness, he is thence to attain the 12th gupasthana, the latter being the 'sthana' of those, whose 'inohaniya karma' is destroyed in all its forms.
Sukshma' means very little 'samparaya' means coofliction of the mind and senses. Thus “sukshna-sampataya guna-sthana' means that stage, where this confliction (99th in the form of 'greediness' here) exists in the lowest degree.
11th GUNA-STHÃNA. (Upashanta-moha-Guna-sthāna). In this stage of development, the 'mohaniya karma' is in a controlled state. And hence the appellation, Though not active, it still does exist (in some form), and to its existence is due the inability of the individual to rise to the higher stage. (i, e. 12th stage).
Perchance after having had access to this Ilth stage, the days of the individual are numbered and he falls a prey to fate, be obtains a 'sthana' or place among the
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