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## Twenty-seventh Chapter: The Knowledge of the Vedana of Karmas
**1787. [1]** "How many, O Lord, are the Karma-prakritis (Karma-categories) declared?" "Gautama, they are eight, as follows: *Jnanavaranīya* (Knowledge-obscuring) up to *Antarāya* (Obstruction)." **[1787-1]**
**[2]** "Similarly, from *Nāraka* (Hell-being) up to *Vaimānika* (Celestial being)." **[1787-2]**
**1788. [1]** "O Lord, how many Karma-prakritis does a being experience when experiencing the *Jnanavaranīya* Karma?" "Gautama, he experiences seven or eight." **[1788-1]**
**[2]** "Similarly, it should be known in the case of a human being. The remaining beings, from *Nāraka* up to *Vaimānika*, experience the eight Karma-prakritis, according to the rule of oneness and multiplicity." **[1788-2]**
**1789. [1]** "O Lord, how many Karma-prakritis does a being experience when experiencing the *Jnanavaranīya* Karma?" "Gautama, 1. all beings experience eight Karma-prakritis, 2. or some beings experience eight Karma-prakritis, and some experience seven Karma-prakritis, 3. or some beings experience eight Karma-prakritis, and some experience seven Karma-prakritis." **[1789]**