________________ St. 177-182] Notes 45 Both these steps the 744 is able to take within one Muhurta by virtue of his extreme purity of mental condition, after which owing to great mental strain he takes a short rest just as a good swimmer after crossing a strong curreut. He then proceeds for the third step and resumes further annihilation work when there are only two his or moments remaining for his attainment of Pure Intuition. During the first of these two moments he annihilates two more दर्शनावरणीयप्रकृति-निद्रा and staror-the causes of sleepiness and restlessnoss in sleep, and then he eliminates arra, देवासुपूर्वी (the causes of transmigration to divine life), वैक्रियिकशरीरकर्मद्विक ( the cause of subtle variable body of both kinds), all the *$ except the first (i. e. 677TarTERVETTA which has given rise to the body which he is actually possessed of), all the 1948 except that freer which has given rise to his special stature, the 14th (the cause of being the तीर्थकर) and आहारशरीरकर्म (the cause of evolving a tiny body to be sent out to ascertain things happening at a distance). After doing this in the first moment, and thus, taking practically the third step, he, in the second and the last moment, destroys the remaining obstructions viz.the five शानावरणीयकर्म
