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The binding of different types of natures, i.e., powers, in different karma pudgals is called **prakriti-bandha**. This refers to the arising of different inherent qualities.
Some of the aforementioned laddus have a time limit of one week, some fifteen days, and some one month for their power and nature to remain. This time limit is called **sthiti**. Upon completion of the sthiti, the laddus lose their nature, i.e., they become spoiled and tasteless. Similarly, some karmadals remain with the soul for seventy koḍa-koḍī sāgaropam, some for twenty koḍa-koḍī sāgaropam, and some for antarmūhurta. Thus, the binding of different karmadals with different sthitis, i.e., the time limits for remaining with the soul without abandoning their nature, is called **sthiti-bandha**. Upon completion of the sthiti, these karmas abandon their nature, i.e., they become separate from the soul.
Just as some laddus have more sweet taste, some have less, some have more bitter taste, and some have less, similarly, there is a difference in the intensity of sweet, bitter, etc., tastes. In the same way, some karmadals have more auspicious or inauspicious taste, and some have less. Thus, the binding or arising of various types of intense, moderate, very intense, mild, less mild, and very mild auspicious and inauspicious tastes in karma pudgals is called **rasa-bandha**.
The taste of auspicious karmas is sweet like the juice of sugarcane, etc., which makes the jiva happy. The taste of inauspicious karmas is bitter like the juice of neem, etc., which makes the jiva anxious and distressed.
Some laddus have a weight of two tolas, some have a weight of a chatank, and some have a weight of a pav, etc. Similarly, some karma-skandhas have a number of atoms...