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## [10] [Prajñāpanā Sūtra Vivēcana (1)
**Eight Karma-Prakṛtis and their Harmony in Twenty-Four Daṇḍakas**
It is well-known that there are eight Karma-Prakṛtis and their harmonious relationship in twenty-four Daṇḍakas. All sentient beings, from Naraka to Vaimānika, are bound by these eight Karma-Prakṛtis.
**The Nature of the Eight Karma-Prakṛtis:**
1. **Jñānāvaraṇīya:** This Karma obscures the knowledge faculty of the soul. Knowledge is the perception of the specific aspect of a general-specific object. That which covers it is Jñānāvaraṇīya.
2. **Darśanāvaraṇīya:** 'Darśana' is the perception of the general nature of an object without perceiving its specific characteristics. That which obscures the perception faculty of the soul is Darśanāvaraṇīya.
3. **Vedaniya:** This Karma causes the soul to experience pleasure and pain.
4. **Mohaṇīya:** This Karma makes the soul dull and devoid of the ability to discern between the real and the unreal.
5. **Prāyuka:** This Karma keeps the being in a particular existence.
6. **Nāmaka:** This Karma produces the results of the being's actions, such as its movement and transformation.
7. **Gotra:** This Karma determines whether the being is considered high or low, or, in other words, the being is born into a noble or ignoble family due to the manifestation of this Karma.
8. **Antarāya:** This Karma creates obstacles or hindrances between the being and its actions, such as giving charity, or it creates obstacles for the being who is eager to perform such actions.
**Second: How does it bind?**
**Dvāra 1667:**
**Question:** Bhagavan! How does a being bind the eight Karma-Prakṛtis?
**Answer:** Gautama! With the arising of Jñānāvaraṇīya Karma, the being certainly acquires Darśanāvaraṇīya Karma. With the arising of Darśanāvaraṇīya Karma, the being certainly acquires Darśanamohaṇīya Karma. With the arising of Darśanamohaṇīya Karma, the being certainly acquires Mithyātva. And, Gautama, with the arising of Mithyātva, the being certainly binds the eight Karma-Prakṛtis.
**Dvāra 1668:**
**Question:** Bhagavan! How does a Naraka being bind the eight Karma-Prakṛtis?
**Answer:** Gautama! It should be understood in the same way (as explained before). Similarly, it should be understood from Asura-Kumāra up to Vaimānika.
**Dvāra 1666:**
**Question:** Bhagavan! How do beings bind the eight Karma-Prakṛtis?
**Answer:** Gautama! It should be understood in the same way (as explained before). Similarly, it should be understood from Naraka up to Vaimānika.
**1. Prajñāpanā. Prameyabodhinī Ṭīkā, Part 5, Page 161**