Krama is the immediate succession of moments and is apprehended at the final limit of a transformation, as in the eventual visible aging of cloth. The Bhāṣya distinguishes the changeless permanence of puruṣa from the permanence-in-transformation of the guṇas: a sequence can end in effects of the guṇas such as buddhi, but not in the guṇas as enduring bearers. Whether saṃsāra as such is finite or infinite cannot be answered without qualification; its sequence ends for one whose discernment has arisen and whose craving has dwindled, but not for others.

Kaivalya is defined in two coordinate formulations. It is the pratiprasava of the guṇas as causes and effects, which no longer have a purpose for this puruṣa after completing bhoga and apavarga; or it is the establishment of the power of cognition (citiśakti) in its own form because it is no longer connected with buddhi-sattva. Its abiding forever in this manner is kaivalya.