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## First Karma Text
The twelve natures of anger, etc., which are infinite in their consequences, are all-destructive, except for the fourfold of burning passions and the nine non-passions, in addition to the fourfold of character-obscuring. Thus, after describing the nature of character-obscuring karma, the nature, etc., of lifespan and name karma are described.
**Verse 23:**
**Meaning:** Lifespan karma is of four types, differentiated by the realms of gods, humans, animals, and hell beings, and its nature is like a shackle (fetter). Name karma is similar in nature to a painter, and it has forty-two, ninety-nine, one hundred and three, and sixty-six types.
**Explanation:** The verse describes the nature of lifespan and name karma, and the number of their sub-types. First, lifespan karma is described.
**Lifespan Karma:** The karma whose fruition causes a being to live in the realms of gods, humans, animals, and hell beings, and whose destruction causes the being to leave those realms, i.e., to die, is called lifespan karma.
The nature of lifespan karma is like a prison. Just as a criminal is imprisoned for a certain period of time according to his crime, and the criminal also desires to be released from it, but cannot leave without completing the term, he has to stay there for a fixed time. Similarly, due to lifespan karma, a being has to live for a fixed period of time.
1. **"The life and death of a being due to the presence or absence of karma is called lifespan karma."** - Tattvarthadhigama Sutra 1012