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## Twenty-fifth Chapter: The Twenty-fifth Karma Bandha Vedapada
This chapter discusses the nature of karma-prakriti (karma-nature) at the time of karma-bandha (karma-binding) for jivas (living beings) by the knowledge-obscuring karma (jnana-avaran karma) and other karmas.
**1766. [1]** "How many karma-prakritis are there, Bhagavan?"
**[1769-1 U]** "Gautama, there are eight karma-prakritis. They are: jnana-avaran karma (knowledge-obscuring karma) to antaray karma (hindering karma)."
**[1766-2]** "Similarly, from nairyika (hell-being) to vaimanika (heaven-being)."
**1770. [1]** "Bhagavan, how many karma-prakritis does a jiva experience when binding jnana-avaran karma?"
**[1770-1 U]** "Gautama, he experiences eight karma-prakritis by rule."
**[1770-2]** "Similarly, from a nairyika to a vaimanika."
**1771.** "Similarly, for many (from many hell-beings to many heaven-beings)."
**1772.** "Similarly, for all the other six karmas except vedaniya karma (karma that produces experience)."
**1773. [1]** "Bhagavan, how many karma-prakritis does a jiva experience when binding vedaniya karma?"
**[1770-1 U]** "Gautama, he experiences either seven, or one, or four."