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## The Fourth Bandhak Arthaadhikār
**Salutation to the Jina Devata with humble and repeated obeisance.**
I will speak of Bandha and Sankrama, according to the Churni Sutra.
**The author of this text calls the fourth Arthaadhikār, Bandhak.**
**Churni** - This Arthaadhikār called Bandhak has two Anuyo gadvāra. They are Bandha and Sankrama.
**Explanation** - The binding of the Paugalik Skandha, which is fit for transformation into Karma, to the Jiva's Pradesh, due to the influence of its Mithyatva and other transformations, is called Bandha. After Bandha, the transformation of those Karma Pradesh, due to the influence of their transformations, into Paraprakriti, is called Sankrama or Sankraman. Both of these are of four types each, based on the difference in Prakriti, Sthiti, Anubhag, and Pradesh.
Naturally, the question arises: Why is Sankraman Adhikār included within Bandhak Adhikār? Shouldn't it be independent? The answer is that Sankrama is a specific state of Bandha. In reality, Bandha is of two types: Akarma Bandha and Karma Bandha. The binding of the Karman Vargana, which is in an Akarma state, to the Atma is Akarma Bandha. And the transformation of the Pudgal Skandha, bound by the desired Karma, into another Karma Prakriti is Karma Bandha. For example, the transformation of Karma bound in the Asatavedaniya state into the Satavedaniya state. In this way, Sankrama also falls under Bandha.
**Churni Sutra** - This Sutra-Gatha is about the two Anuyo gadvāra, Bandha and Sankrama.
**(5)** How many Prakritis does it bind? How many Sthitis and Anubhags does it bind? And how many Pradesh of inferior and superior quantity does it bind? How many Prakritis does it transform? How many Sthitis and Anubhags does it transform? And how many Pradesh of inferior or superior quality, inferior and superior quantity, does it transform?