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Tattvarthasutra
[8. 2-4 Kashaya, the breaking of the limit of Samabhava, which refers to yoga-kashaya. The term 'yoga' means mental, vocal, and physical tendencies. The difference between the bondage causes described in Chapter Six, such as Tatpradosha, and the causes of bondage mentioned here, such as Mithyatva, is that each Karma has a specific bondage cause, making it special, while Mithyatva and others are general as they are bondage causes applicable to all Karmas. Where previous bondage causes exist from Mithyatva to yoga among the five causes, all subsequent ones will also exist; this is a rule, as with the presence of Mithyatva, four causes such as Avirati will also be present, and with the presence of Avirati, the remaining three, such as Pramada, will certainly be there. However, when the subsequent bondage cause exists, the previous cause may or may not exist, as in the case of Avirati being present in the first gunasthana while Mithyatva will exist, but in the second, third, and fourth gunasthanas, Mithyatva does not remain despite the presence of Avirati. Similarly, this understanding should be applied to the other causes as well. 1.
The nature of bondage comes from the kashaya; the jiva accepts the suitable pudgala of karma. 2.
This is bondage. 3. The jiva, in relation to kashaya, accepts suitable pudgalas of karma. This is bondage.
There are many classifications (types) of pudgala. Among them, those classifications that have the capacity to obtain karmic results are specifically connected to the jiva along with its own self, meaning that though the jiva is, by nature, formless, it becomes formed due to its karmic relation since time immemorial. Thus, it accepts the formed karmic pudgalas. Just as a lamp absorbs oil through the wick and converts it into flame due to its heat, similarly, the jiva, by accepting suitable pudgalas through kashaya, converts them into karma.
This connection between the karmic results obtained and the pudgala with the self is called bondage. In such bondage, many conditions such as Mithyatva exist; however, the mention of the jiva's acceptance of pudgalas in relation to kashaya is made to highlight the predominance of kashaya over other causes. 2-3.
Types of bondage are the nature, condition, experience, and realm. 4. The nature, condition, experience, and realm are the four types of it (bondage).