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**Karmavipaka 12)** The karma whose arising causes the merging of the acquired **vaikriya-sharira** pudgalas with the previously acquired **vaikriya-sharira** pudgalas is called **vaikriya-sharira-bandhana** karma.
(3) The karma whose arising causes the merging of the acquired **aaharaka-sharira** pudgalas with the previously acquired **aaharaka-sharira** pudgalas is called **aaharaka-sharira-bandhana** karma.
(4) The karma whose arising causes the merging of the acquired **taijas-sharira** pudgalas with the previously acquired **taijas-sharira** pudgalas is called **taijas-sharira-bandhana** karma.
(5) The karma whose arising causes the merging of the acquired **karman-sharira** pudgalas with the previously acquired **karman-sharira** pudgalas is called **karman-sharira-bandhana** karma.
There are fifteen types of **bandhana** karma, differentiated by their objects. Their names and causes are explained in verse 37. Now, the types of **sanghatan** karma are being explained.
**Verse 36:**
**Jān sanghayai uralai puggale tanaganam va dantaalo.
Tan sanghay bandhanam iva tanunamen panchaviham.**
**Meaning:** Just as a bundle of grass is gathered together by a tooth-like object, similarly, the karma that gathers together the **audarika** etc. body pudgalas is called **sanghatan** karma. Like **bandhana** karma, it also has five types, differentiated by the five bodies, **audarika** etc.
**Explanation:** **Sanghatan** means proximity, closeness. The merging of the previously acquired and acquired body pudgalas is possible only...