It makes pure things impure. Its beauty is superficial and skin-deep. So having abandoned attachment towards one's own body and other's body as well, one should abstain from doing evil activities for its sake. Ashrava means the inflow of Karmic matter into the soul. And secondarily even the causes that effect the inflow are also regarded as ashrava.
Karmic inflow is of two types, viz.
One should stop the inauspicious Karmic influx by abstaining from evil activities, cause the auspicious one by performing virtuous activities, and keep the ultimate goal of absolute self-purification constantly before oneself. Samvara means the stoppage of the inflow of Karmic matter. And secondarily even the causes that effect the stoppage are also called samvara. Nirjara means partial dissociation of Karmic matter clung to the soul. It is of two types, viz.