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## First Karma Granth
## 14.1
**(4)** The karma whose arising causes an infinite number of souls to have a single body, meaning that an infinite number of souls are the owners of one body, is called **Saadharan Karma**.
These infinite souls with a common body are interdependent in their life, death, food, breathing, etc. This is why they are called **Saadharan**. In other words, the activities of **Saadharan** beings like eating, etc., are similar and occur at the same time.
Among the five stationary beings, starting with the Earth-bodied, the plant-bodied beings have both **Saadharan** and **Pratiyaka** types of **namakarma**. Here are some ways to identify them:
**3** Those whose veins, joints, and knots are not visible, whose roots, tubers, skin, new buds, branches, leaf-clusters, and seeds break evenly when broken, and whose bark of the tuber, root, branch, or trunk is thick, should be considered **Saadharan**. The opposite of this should be considered **Pratiyaka** plants.
**(5)** The karma whose arising causes the ears, eyebrows, tongue, etc., to be unstable, meaning fickle, is called **Asthir Karma**.
**(6)** The karma whose arising causes the organs below the navel to be inauspicious is called **Ashubh Karma**. Displeasure upon being touched by the feet is a sign of this inauspiciousness.
**(7)** The karma whose arising causes a soul to be disliked by all, even when they do good deeds, and causes other beings to harbor enmity and hatred towards them, is called **Durbhagna Karma**.
**(8)** The karma whose arising causes a soul's voice and speech to be unpleasant and harsh to the listener is called **Dushwar Karma**.