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THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF
7. The seventh is that karma, or force, in the living being which brings it to particular family surroundings, whether high or low; it obstructs the equality of the status (gotra-karma);
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8. The eighth is a force in the living being which acts as an obstacle to doing something good, giving, enjoying good things, etc., when there is the desire to do so (antaraya-karma).
These eight primary things (prakritis and karmas) are subdivided into 158 kinds-the first class into five, the second into nine, the third into two, the fourth into twenty-eight, the fifth into four, the sixth into 103, the seventh into two, and the eighth into five. (Umasvati-vachaka, in this Tattvarthadhigama Sutra, chap. viii, sutra 6, divides the nama-karma into only forty-two kinds instead of 103).
All these qualities and forces of matter assimilated by the soul have been explained at length and in full, in their various relations to the soul, in works called the six Karmagranthas; the Kammapayadi; Tattvarthadhigama Sutra, chap. viii; and in other works on the subject.
The length of time that these qualities (prakritis) stay with the soul is called the sthiti-bandha.
The intensity of the soul's experience of the result
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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