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8. Nivritti Baadara (Apuurva Karana) Gunasthaanaka:
The gunasthaanaka where the simultaneous innate dispositions of two people are varied and there is a rise of the baadara sanjvalana {of an extremely short duration) kashaaya, is known as the nivritti baadara gunasthaanaka.
In other words, one who has attained the first stage of pristine meditation (shukla dhyaana) and at each moment, through his ananta guna vishuddhi {infinite purity of attributes) has accomplished
the five tasks of apuurva karana, i.e. sthitighaata, rasaghaata, gunashrenii, gunasankramana, sthitibandha and attained a purity of disposition which he had never possessed earlier, is known to be in nivritti baadara gunasthaanaka.
We have seen that sthitighaata, rasaghaata, gunashrenii, gunasankramana, sthitibandha were also accomplished in the 4th gunasthaanaka. But gunasankramana etc in this gunasthaanaka is of much higher level and never experienced before.
guna = innumerable sankramana = metamorphosis (change from one kind to another)
Hence, gunasankramana is achieved when the minute particles of karma give up their original nature and take on the nature of the karma that is being bound. This metamorphosis of one type of karma into another is known as gunasankramana.
In this gunasthaanaka, innumerable inauspicious karmas metamorphose in ascending order into auspicious karmas, which are being freshly bound. One who has kshaayika samyaktva, and has annihilated 7 types of perception deluding karmas and part-annihilated-part-suppressed 8 types (4 apratyaakhyaanaavaraniiya obstructing partial renunciation and the 4 pratyaakhyaanaavaraniiya obstructing complete renunciation of kashaaya, can either rise in the upashama shrenii {progress based on the suppression of obstructing karmas) or the kshapak shrenii {progress based on the annihilation of obstructing karmas
One who has upashama samyaktva, and has suppressed 7 types of perception deluding karmas and part-annihilated-part-suppressed 8 types (4 apratyaakhyaanaavaraniiya {obstructing partial renunciation and the 4 pratyaakhyaanaavaraniiya obstructing complete renunciation) of kashaaya can only rise in the upashama shrenii {progress based on the suppression of obstructing karmas).
The apuurva karan, which was experienced during attainment of samyaktva (4th gunasthaanaka) was very extradordinary and had no precedent. But apuurva karan, which takes place in the 8th gunasthaanaka is even more extraordinary. This is because from this 8th gunasthaanaka, the soul can either rise in the upashama shrenii {progress based on the suppression of obstructing karmas} or the kshapak shrenii {progress based on the annihilation of obstructing karmas.
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