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## Kashaya Pahud Sutta [5]
**284**
**Concerning the Transition Stages in the 17-natured Bond**
There are two transition stages in the 21-natured bond, namely the 25-natured and the 21-natured.
Now, we examine the transition stages in the 17-natured bond:
1. For a **Samyag-mithyatva** (right-false belief) **Jiva** (soul) with infinite **Ananta-anubandhi** (infinite karmic attachments), there are two transition stages in the 17-natured bond, namely the 21-natured and the 25-natured, depending on whether the **Ananta-anubandhi** are being disjoined or not.
2. For an **Asanyata-samyag-drishti** (uncontrolled right-seeing) **Jiva** with 28 natures, there is a 27-natured transition stage in the 17-natured bond.
3. For an **Asanyata-samyag-drishti** **Jiva** who has just attained **Upashama-samyak-tva** (subdued right-conduct), there is a 26-natured transition stage in the 17-natured bond.
4. When the **Ananta-anubandhi** are disjoined for the same **Jiva**, there is a 23-natured transition stage.
5. When the **Stri-veda** (female karma) is subdued and **Mithyatva** (false belief) is destroyed, there is a 22-natured transition stage.
6. When **Samyag-mithyatva** (right-false belief) is destroyed, there is a 21-natured transition stage.
Thus, there are six transition stages in the 17-natured bond.
**Concerning the Transition Stages in the 13-natured Bond**
1. For a **Sanjata-sanjata** (controlled-controlled) **Jiva** with 13 natures, there is a 27-natured transition stage.
2. For a **Sanjata-sanjata** **Jiva** who has just attained **Upashama-samyak-tva** (subdued right-conduct) for the first time, there is a 26-natured transition stage in the 13-natured bond.
3. For a **Sanjata-sanjata** **Jiva** who has disjoined the **Ananta-anubandhi**, there is a 23-natured transition stage.
4. For a **Sanjata-sanjata** **Jiva** who has destroyed **Mithyatva** (false belief), there is a 22-natured transition stage.
5. For a **Sanjata-sanjata** **Jiva** who has destroyed **Samyag-mithyatva** (right-false belief), there is a 21-natured transition stage.
Thus, there are five transition stages in the 13-natured bond, namely the 27-natured, 26-natured, 23-natured, 22-natured, and 21-natured.
**Concerning the Transition Stages in the 9-natured Bond**
1. For a **Pramatta-apramatta-sanjata** (distracted-undistracted controlled) **Jiva** with 9 natures, there is a 27-natured transition stage.
2. For an **A-pramatta-sanjata** (undistracted controlled) **Jiva** who has attained **Upashama-samyak-tva** (subdued right-conduct) and **Sanjama** (control) simultaneously for the first time, there is a 26-natured transition stage in the 9-natured bond.
3. For a **Pramatta-apramatta-sanjata** (distracted-undistracted controlled) **Jiva** who has disjoined the **Ananta-anubandhi**, there is a 23-natured transition stage.
4. For a **Pramatta-apramatta-sanjata** (distracted-undistracted controlled) **Jiva** who has destroyed **Mithyatva** (false belief), there is a 22-natured transition stage.
5. For a **Pramatta-apramatta-sanjata** (distracted-undistracted controlled) **Jiva** who has destroyed **Samyag-mithyatva** (right-false belief), there is a 21-natured transition stage.
Thus, there are five transition stages in the 9-natured bond, namely the 27-natured, 26-natured, 23-natured, 22-natured, and 21-natured.
**Concerning the Transition Stages in the 5-natured Bond**
1. For an **Upashamaka** (subduer) **Jiva** residing in the **Gunasthan** (state of virtue) with 24 natures and who has not yet attained **A-nivritti-karan** (cessation of karmic influx), there is a 23-natured transition stage in the 5-natured bond.
2. For the same **Jiva** who has attained **Anu-purvi-san-krama** (sequential transition), there is a 22-natured transition stage.
3. When the **Napunsaka-veda** (neuter karma) is subdued, there is a 21-natured transition stage.
4. When the **Stri-veda** (female karma) is subdued, there is a 20-natured transition stage.