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## Gommatasara Karmakanda - 436
**Chapter on the Enumeration of Locations**
After completing the chapter on the Tricholika, I, the Acharya, pay my respects to the revered Ishtadeva and pledge to speak on the chapter on the enumeration of locations.
**Verse 451:**
I bow to Sri Neminatha, whose lotus feet were worshipped by the truthful Yudhishthira, the Pandava, who directly paid his respects. I (Nemichandracharya) will speak about the enumeration of locations, along with the bondage, liberation, and essence of the natures.
**Explanation:**
**Doubt:** What is the purpose of this chapter on the enumeration of locations?
**Resolution:** In the previous chapter on the enumeration of natures, there was a question about whether the natures are bound in order or out of order. This chapter on the enumeration of locations is meant to address this question and explain how it happens.
**Doubt:** What is meant by "location"?
**Resolution:** "Location" refers to the collection of natures, or the place where they reside. There are three types of locations based on the natures: (1) bondage location, (2) liberation location, and (3) essence location. The location refers to the number of natures that can be bound, liberated, or have essence in a single lifetime of a being. This chapter will discuss this.
**Now, we will first discuss the locations of the fundamental natures, along with their bondage, liberation, excitation, and essence, in six verses within the chapter on the qualities.**
**Verse 452:**
There are six types of karma, six types of bondage, and six types of essence. All six are present in one location, and there is only one bondage for all three.
**Footnotes:**
5. "They say that this is the limit." Jayadharmaprabandha, Part 2, Page 199.
2. "These are the locations of bondage, liberation, and essence, and they are of three types." Jaina Prabandha, Part 2, Page 199.