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**Swami,**
Therefore, the three karmas mentioned in the general bondage of the Tiryancha (animal) realm are not counted. Hence, the Tiryancha realm is considered to have 117 karmas in bondage, excluding the general ones.
The Tiryancha realm has five Gunasthanas (stages of spiritual progress) from Mithyatva (false belief) to the fifth, Deshvirat (free from attachment to the world). These five Gunasthanas belong to the Paryapta Tiryancha (those who have attained the full potential of the Tiryancha realm), while only the first Gunasthan, Mithyatva, belongs to the Aparyapta Tiryancha (those who have not attained the full potential).
Just as the Paryapta Tiryancha are said to have 117 karmas in bondage, excluding the general ones, the same should be understood for the first Gunasthan, Mithyatva. As we have already explained, the Tirthankara karma is bound when one attains Samyaktv (right faith), and the Aharakarma is bound by those who practice Charitra (right conduct). However, in the Mithyatva Gunasthan, there is neither Samyaktv nor Charitra. Therefore, the Paryapta Tiryancha bind 117 karmas in the Mithyatva Gunasthan.
In summary, the Narakas (hell beings) in the seventh Naraka, who bind 91 karmas in the second Gunasthan, have 24 karmas less, including Anantanubandhi Chatushk and other Tiryancha karmas. The remaining 67 karmas, along with the three karmas of Manushya Dwik and Uchcha Gotra, are bound in the third, Mishra (mixed), and the fourth, Botha Avirat Samyagdristi Gunasthanas.
The Paryapta Tiryancha, in the Tiryancha realm, cannot bind the Tirthankara karma and Aharakarma due to the absence of the necessary Adhyavasayas (resolutions) from the 120 karmas that are eligible for bondage. Therefore, they bind 117 karmas, excluding the general ones and the first Gunasthan.
Thus, in the Naraka realm, compared to the general and Gunasthanas, there are...