Tapas is not a permanent asset. It has a high point to reach and a low point to descend to. Constant saadhanaa alone can ensure its stability. Tremendous will power and single minded devotion to saadhana can guarantee any further progress. Here the grace of individual Guru and God-Almighty is necessary.

Maintenance of high position after self actualization, gaining equanimity against all conflicting forces remaining steadfast to buddhi and jnaana is what is called the attainment of paramapadaavi. It simply means the high state of being. Man becomes super and stabilized against all the odds