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Apuurvakarana
After crossing the stage of yathaapravrittikarana, the soul reaches the stage of apuurvakarana through increased purity. The strength and vigour of the soul further increases, becomes firmer and attains splendour. This stage of the soul is known as apuurvakarana.
Apuurvakarana means that the soul experiences a heightening of strength and vigour and the purity of its disposition increases manifold to a level that has never been experienced before. Apuurvakarana means the disposition that has never been experienced earlier. Apuurvakarana is also known as nivrittikarana. This is because all those living beings that accomplish granthi bheda have dispositional commonality.
The soul that has reached this stage experiences heightened strength and vigour and this leads to a hitherto un-experienced purity of disposition. If such a soul makes strong and focused efforts, it will be able to break through the strong and virtually intractable bonds of attachment and aversion.
Granthi means a knot. Just as a knot in a bamboo shaft is difficult to break through, the knot of attachment and aversion is difficult to break through. The soul, which can break through this knot, can rise to attain samyaktva.
As soon as the stage of Apuurvakarana is reached, the soul begins four acts, which it had never done previously. They are:
1. Apuurva Sthitighaata 2. Apuurva Rasaghaata
3. Apuurva Gunashrenii
4. Apuurva Sthitibandha
Let us understand each of them properly.
(1.) Apuurva Sthitighaata - is the destruction of the nishekas (arranged lines of karma dalikas) of the seven karmas except the lifespan determining karma due to apavartanaakarana (the capability of the soul to lessen/take away bonded karmas, reduce their intensity and their duration). In this destruction, minimum destruction of karmas will be for the tiniest innumerable portion of palyopama time, and if maximum than the destruction of karmas to the extent of hundreds of saagaropama time.
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