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tenth are more or less possessed of kașāya while those situated in the guṇasthānas eleventh onwards are devoid of kasāya.
The karma that brings about the sāmparāya or downfall of a soul is called sāmparāyika karma. Just as the airborne dust falling on a wet piece of leather gets stuck to it similarly that karma attracted towards a soul through yoga which on account of a manifestation of passions gets associated with this soul and acquires some duration is sāmparāyika karma; on the other hand, just like a wooden sphere striking against a dry wall the karma which is attracted towards a soul through yoga but which on account of the absence of a manifestation of passions touches this soul and is immediately released away from it is īryāpatha karma. An īryāpatha karma is understood to be possessed of a duration of just one samaya.
The karmas which the souls possessed of a manifestation of kasāya bind down to themselves through the three types of yoga-viz. body-yoga etc.—of an auspicious or an inauspicious type is sāmparāyika karma; that is to say, depending on the acuteness or mildness of kasāya this karma is possessed of a greater or smaller duration and it yields a good or bad consequence as might be made possible. But the karma which the souls devoid of passion bind down to themselves through the three types of yoga, since it makes appearance in the absence of all passion, neither yields a consequence nor is possessed of a duration of more than one samaya. The reason why this karma of a duration of one samaya is called īryāpathika is that in the absence of all passion it is bound down merely through the patha or instrumentality of īryā or acts like coming and going. The idea is that even if the three types of yoga are equally present there the karma acquired will lack bondage in respect of duration and bondage in respect of flavour in case a passion is not present there at the same time. Certainly, passion is the cause of bondage in respect of both duration and flavour; hence passion it is that is true cause of worldly existence. 5.
The Type of Asrava Pertaining to Sāmparāyika karmas :
The first of these that is, of the two asravas that
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