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11. Upashaanta Moha (Viitaraaga Chhadmastha) Gunasthaanaka:
Suppression of karmas may be understood with the example of the embers of a fire lying beneath a pile of ash. They may be dormant but the moment they are fed with oxygen, they ignite. Similarly, when the soul completely suppresses all 28 types of mohaniiya karmas delusion causing karmas), it becomes viitaraaga {beyond all vestiges of attachment and aversion) but because it has not annihilated three types of ghaati karmas {karmas that prevent the soul from attaining omniscience which are gynaanaavaraniiya {knowledge-obstructing) karma, darshanaavaraniiya (perceptionobstructing) karma and antaraaya {impediment-causing} karma, it is known as "Viitaraaga Chhadmastha'supremely detached but non-omniscient}. From eight gunasthaanaka, 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, rise in the upashama shrenii {progress based on the suppression of obstructing karmas) would climb to ninth, tenth and end up on this gunsthaanaka.
In the first moment of this gunasthaanaka, the remaining passion of sanjvalana lobha {avarice of an extremely short duration is suppressed and thus all 28 types of mohaniiya karmas are completely suppressed till all types of mohniiya karma are suppressed one is known as vittaraaga, but when the time of this gunsthaanaka is over the mohniiya karmas which were suppressed will come back to fruition (uday), hence he is certain to fall back to lower gunasthaanaka, even can go back to first gunsthaanaka (mithyaatva).One can never go up to higher gunsthaanaka to become omniscient.
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