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Twenty-third Karma-Prakriti-Pada]] [13 Fourth Gate: Kati-Prakriti-Vedana-Dwar 1675. Does the Jiva, O Gautam, experience the knowledge-obscuring karma? Gautam! Some experience it, some do not. / [1675 Pr.] Bhagavan! Does the Jiva experience the knowledge-obscuring karma? [1675 U.] Gautam! Some Jivas experience it, some do not. 1676. [1] Does the Naraka, O Gautam, experience the knowledge-obscuring karma? Gautam! He experiences it by rule. / [1676-1 Pr.] Bhagavan! Does the Naraka experience the knowledge-obscuring karma? [1676-1 U.] Gautam! He experiences it by rule. / [2] And so on up to the Vaimanika. / The same should be understood for the human Jiva (Su. 1675) / [1676-2] (From the Asura-Kumaras up to) the Vaimanikas, it should be understood in the same way, but in the case of the human Jiva (as stated in Su. 1675), the same statement should be understood. 1677. [1] Do many Jivas, O Gautam, experience the knowledge-obscuring karma? Gautam! The same as before. / [1677-1 Pr.] Bhagavan! Do many Jivas experience the knowledge-obscuring karma? [1677-1 U.] Gautam! The same as before. / [2] And so on up to the Vaimanikas. [1677-2] The same should be said (from many Narakas up to) the Vaimanikas. 1678. [1] Just as it has been said about the knowledge-obscuring karma, so also should it be understood about the perception-obscuring, delusion-producing, and hindering karmas. / [1678-1] Just as it has been said about the knowledge-obscuring karma, so also should it be understood about the perception-obscuring, delusion-producing, and hindering karmas. / [2] The same should be understood about the experience-able, lifespan, name, and lineage karmas. / But the human being experiences these four karmas by rule. / [1678-2] The same should be understood about the experience-able, lifespan, name, and lineage karmas. / But the human being experiences these four karmas by rule. / [3] Thus, these are the sixteen Dandakas, with the intention of oneness and multiplicity. [1678-3] Thus, these are the sixteen Dandakas, with the intention of oneness and multiplicity. / Discussion - The aggregate Jiva experiences which karmas and which does it not? The Jiva whose destructive karmas have not been destroyed, experiences the four destructive karmas, namely, knowledge-obscuring, etc., but the one who has destroyed the destructive karmas, does not experience these four karmas. The human being...