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The salutation has been done. This is a praise in the form of गुणानुवाद by the author and a salutation in the form of प्रणाम by the verb थपिमो' in the verse.
Action does not happen without a cause. The wandering of the soul in the world is an action and its cause is karma. As long as the soul remains in the world, there are states of karma like अन्ध, उदय, etc. But as the destruction of karma reduces the binding of new karma, the power of karma also gradually becomes निस्सत्व - निश्शेष and the spiritual qualities gradually develop, and finally, when karma is completely destroyed, the soul attains the form of शुभ आत्मम्वरूप.
The attainment of this pure आत्मस्वरूप by the soul is called मोक्ष. But as long as there is no lack of the ability to bind new karma and the complete निर्जरा of past karma, it is possible for karma to be चन्धन. There are not only two states of karma, बन्ध and क्षय, but also other states like फल देना, etc. These states of karma are mainly called बन्ध, उदय, उदीरणा, सत्ता. Among these states, बन्धावस्था is the main one, and only when बन्ध happens, do states like उदय, उदीरणा, सत्ता, etc. occur. The description of these states is being done in this text in order. Their characteristics are as follows:
बन्ध - मिथ्यात्व, अविरत, प्रमाद, कषाय, परिणत in the causes of योग in the form of शानावरणादि, the merging of the subtle कर्मपुद्गलों with the soul like milk and water in the same field, अनन्तानन्त प्रदेश वाले, is called बन्ध. Due to मिथ्यात्वादि, the soul takes in कर्म योग्य पुद्गलों and due to the bound कर्मपुद्गलों,