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In the Harivamsha Purana, the classification of Gotra into high and low, and the description of its place, as well as the creation of Antaray karma, which obstructs giving and other actions, is described. ||20||
Therefore, the characteristic of karma is that which is done by it, that is the bondage of nature, and its non-deviation from its own nature is the bondage of state. ||210||
Just as the milk of goats, cows, and buffaloes does not deviate from its own nature of sweetness, similarly, karma does not deviate from its own nature. ||211||
Just as there are different tastes in milk, such as intense or mild, similarly, there are different strengths in karma-like pudgalas, such as intense or mild. This is considered the bondage of experience. ||212||
The number of divisions, or sections, in the aggregate of karma-transformed pudgalas of the soul, as measured by the size of an atom, is called the bondage of space. ||213||
The bondage of nature and space are caused by yoga, and the bondage of state and experience are caused by kshaya. ||214||
That which covers knowledge, or which itself covers knowledge, is called the karma of knowledge-obscuration. Similarly, one should know the definition of the karma of vision-obscuration, that which covers vision, or which itself covers vision. ||215||
That which causes the experience of pleasure and pain, or which itself experiences pleasure and pain, is called the karma of experience. That which deludes the soul, or which itself deludes, is called the karma of delusion. ||216||
That which causes the soul to attain hellish realms, or which itself attains hellish realms, is called the karma of destiny. That which causes the soul to be named with various names, or which itself is endowed with various names, is called the karma of name. ||217||
That by which the soul is called high or low with effort is called Gotra, and that which comes in between giving and other actions with effort is called Antaray karma. ||218||
Just as food once eaten becomes transformed into various forms like juice, blood, etc., similarly, pudgalas, once taken in by the soul, become transformed into various forms of karma. ||219||
This is the eight-fold division of the original nature, influenced by the eight types of karma. The division of the subsequent natures is described further. ||220||
_The bondage of space, state, experience, and kshaya is caused by karma. There is no cause for bondage in the un-transformed, un-divided state._ ||Go. Karma.||