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GURUDEVA SMRITI GRANTHA
Status-determining Karma
It destines the hereditary rank occupied by a person through his birth. This species is callen gotra karma. It is divided into two sub-species. 1. Uccairgotra karma destides bigh famıly surroundings. 2. Nicairgotra karma determines low family surroundings. Power-bindering karma
It binders the power (virya) of the soul. It is known as antaraya karma. The power is hindered in a five-fold manner.' I Dana-antaraya karma-It hinders dispensing alms, etc. 2 Labha-antaraya karma-This kind of antaraya karma binders receiving. 3. Bhoga-antaraya karma-It kinders the enjoyment of some object which can only be enjoyed once such as food, etc. 4. Upabhoga-antaraya karma-It kinders the enjoyment of something that can be repeatedly enjoyed such as clothes, etc 5 Virya-antaraya karma-It hinders the freedom of will-power.
The total number of the sub-species of the eight karmas is as follows.
1. Knowledge-obscuring karma 2. Intuition-obscuring karma 3. Feeling-producing karma 4. Belief and conduct-obscuring karma 5. Age-determining karma 6. Personality-determining karma 7. Status-determining karma 8. Power-bindering karma
Total
158 Bandha, Udaya, Udirana, and Satia
Taking into consideration the existence in potentia (satta), all the sub-species can exist in a soul. So far as the realisation (udaya) of the species is concerned, the entire numbor amounts only to 122. If the bondage (bandha) of new species 18 taken into consideralion, the total number 18 assumed to be 120. If the prematuro realisation (udirana) 18 considered, the entire pumber amounts to 122 as in realisation The following table will indicate the number of the sub-species existing 10 different states
1 Karma-grantka, 1, 52 2 bid