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## Gommatasara Karmakanda - 793
**Doubt:** Why are the situation-bond-determination-places of the karmas mentioned earlier, like lifespan, etc., countless times greater than the situation-bond-determination-places of the karmas mentioned later?
**Solution:** They are countless times greater by nature.
**Doubt:** Since all karmas are the same due to false belief, non-restraint, and passions, their determination-places are not countless times greater. Also, it is not proven that the situation-bond-places of the karmas mentioned later are greater than the situation-bond-places of the karmas like lifespan, etc., mentioned earlier. This is because the countless times greater nature is not possible due to the absence of dissimilar passions arising in the determination-places of the higher karmas, which are suitable for the situation-bond-places of the lower karmas.
**Solution:** This is not a fault, because the determination-places of the higher karmas are much greater than the determination-places of the lower karmas, and this does not contradict the countless times greater nature.
**Summary:** The name situation-bond-determination-place refers to the results of the soul arising from its own arising. So, the arising-places of the karmas like name, etc., are much greater than the arising-places of the karmas like lifespan, etc., and hence they are said to be countless times greater. Further, the proof of the situation-bond-determination-places is given in relation to the inferior, etc., states.
**Verse 949:**
The situation-bond-determination-places of the inferior state are countless times the measure of the world, which progressively increase up to the superior state.
**Explanation:**
The situation of the desired mohaniya karma of the five-sense being is countless times the ocean of kotis (billions) in the lowest state, and it is 70 kotis of kotis in the superior state. The superior state is countless times greater than the inferior state. The difference in states is the number obtained by adding one to the remainder after subtracting the inferior state from the superior state. The determination-places (places of results) due to the bond of the lowest state are countless times the measure of the world. From this, one should know progressively, one by one, up to the superior state, according to the rule.
**Verse 950:**
In the desired loss of merit, to obtain the measure of the greater increase, the final consecration should be doubled. The loss of merit should be doubled progressively.