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Gommatasara Karmakanda-153
**Meaning:** The three fundamental substances, Jnanavarana, Darshanavarana, and Mohaniya, have their own essence. When this essence is divided into infinite parts, one part becomes the essence of Sarvaghati, and the remaining infinite parts become the essence of Deshaghati.
**Specific Meaning:** The division of the essence of Sarvadhati into Sarvaghati and Deshaghati will be explained later. The amount of essence of Deshaghati, such as Matijnanavarana, is called the "Pratibhagahara" for the amount of atoms related to Sarvaghati.
**Doubt:** How can Deshaghati substances be competitive with Sarvaghati?
**Solution:** In the previous section, the parts of Matijnanavarana were said to be of four types: Shale, Asthi, Daru, and Lata. Of these, the Daru part is infinite, and the entire Lata part is Deshaghati. Thus, the atoms that hold the Deshaghati part are Deshaghati substances. The Shale part, Asthi part, and the majority of the Daru part are Sarvaghati. The atoms that hold these parts are Sarvaghati substances. This is what we should know. Now, to calculate the amount of Sarvadhati substance, we use the "Pratibhagahara" amount.
**Verse 198:**
> Desavarana-nnonnabhattham tu anantasankhamettan khu.
> Savvavaranadhanatum padibhago hodi ghadinam.
**Meaning:** The combined amount of Deshaghati substances like Jnanavarana, etc., is infinite. This same amount is known as the "Pratibhaga" of the Ghatiya Karmas for calculating the amount of essence of Sarvaghati substances.
**Specific Meaning:** The number of atoms of the four Jnanavarana, three Darshanavarana, five Antaraya, four Sajwalana Kashaya, and Nokashaya is infinite. The amount of Nana-guna-hani (various types of karmic obscurations) is also infinite. To calculate the combined amount of these, we write the number 2 for each Nana-guna-hani and multiply them together. This combined amount is also infinite.
**Example:**
> The number of substances is 3100, the number of locations is 40, the amount of one type of guna-hani is 8, the amount of two types of guna-hani is double (16), and the number of Nana-guna-hani is 5. Therefore, we write the number 2 for each Nana-guna-hani, which is 242424242, and multiply them together. The result is 32. This is the combined amount.
**Note:** This calculation is similar to the example given in verse 162, where the amount of substances is 6300 and the number of locations is 48. This will be explained further in verse 923. In this example, we are talking about the amount of substances, not the parts.