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Gatha 133] Exposition of the Nature of Bondage and Non-Bondage
284. These are the rules that do not bind. (80) Those whose obscuration is of a very low degree.
The first pair (of karmas) as well as the remaining ones are non-binding for him. ||133||
285. What is the meaning of 'whose obscuration is of a very low degree'?
286. The meaning is that for those karmas which have desha-ghati (partially destructive) effects, there is obscuration.
287. This meaning of the term 'whose obscuration is of a very low degree' is the explanation of this phrase.
288. That is to say,
289. Those karmas which have desha-ghati effects, those karmas do not bind completely, they bind partially.
290. That is to say,
291. The four types of jnanavarana (knowledge-obscuring) karma, the three types of darshanavarana (perception-obscuring) karma, and the five types of antaraya (obstacle-creating) karma, these karmas bind partially.
Churni Sutra - He does not bind by rule those karmas whose obscuration is of a very low degree. ||284||
Vishesha-artha - The Sankramika (transmigratory) being with two-moment interval, leaving aside the purushavedaka (male-sex-determining) karma, does not bind the remaining eight no-kashayas (non-passions) by rule. Similarly, he does not bind the asataveda-niya (unpleasant-feeling-producing), nichagotra (low-family-determining), ayashahkirti (ill-fame-producing), and sharira-nama (body-determining) karmas. Here, the term 'ayashahkirti' in the gatha should be understood to include all inauspicious nama (name-determining) karmas. Similarly, 'sharira-nama' should be understood to include all the vaikriyika (transformable) body-determining karmas and the associated anga-upanga (limb and sub-limb) nama karmas, as well as all the auspicious nama karmas except yashahkirti. That is, the Sankramika being binds all the auspicious and inauspicious nama karmas except the single yashahkirti nama karma. Except these, he does not bind the remaining completely destructive (sarvaghatiya) karmas and the karmas of nidra (sleep), prachala (trembling), and ayu (life-span). He binds the remaining karmas. This is explained in the next gatha.
Those whose obscuration of all the obstructive (sarvavaraniya) karmas is of a very low degree, for them the first pair (of karmas) as well as the remaining ones are non-binding. ||133||
Question - What is the meaning of the phrase 'whose obscuration is'? ||285||
Answer - The meaning is that for those karmas which have desha-ghati (partially destructive) effects, there is obscuration. ||286||
Churni Sutra - This explains the meaning of the phrase 'whose obscuration is of a very low degree' of the sarvavaraniya (all-obstructive) karmas. That is to say, he does not bind the completely destructive (sarvaghatiya) karmas, but binds the partially destructive karmas. For example, he binds the four types of jnanavarana (knowledge-obscuring) karma, the four types of darshanavarana (perception-obscuring) karma, and the five types of antaraya (obstacle-creating) karma, which are desha-ghati (partially destructive). ||287-291||