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## The Story of Binding
**It is important to understand the binding of karmas according to the previous chapters, which describe the binding of karmas for all beings from the first to the fifth **guna-sthana**. However, there is a special characteristic in the fourth and fifth **guna-sthana**. In the fourth **guna-sthana**, the **tiryanch** bind 70 **prakritis**, while in the fifth **guna-sthana**, they bind 66 **prakritis**. However, in the fourth **guna-sthana**, humans also bind the **tirthankara-namakarma**, resulting in a total of 71 **prakritis** bound. Similarly, in the fifth **guna-sthana**, humans bind 67 **prakritis**.
Therefore, the total number of **prakritis** bound by **paryapta** beings is: 117 in the first **guna-sthana**, 101 in the second **guna-sthana**, 66 in the third **guna-sthana**, 71 in the fourth **guna-sthana**, and 67 in the fifth **guna-sthana**. From the sixth to the thirteenth **guna-sthana**, the binding of karmas should be understood as described in the second **karma-grantha**.
**A-paryapta** humans and **tiryanch** do not bind the **tirthankara-namakarma** and the eleven **prakritis** related to **naraka-trika** and **paryanta**. Therefore, their binding should be understood as 106 **prakritis** less than the **paryapta** beings in the first **guna-sthana**.
After explaining the binding of karmas in the human realm, the following chapters will describe the binding of karmas in the **deva-gana**.
**The binding of karmas for **naraka** beings is similar to that of **devas**. However, there is a difference in the binding of karmas in the first **guna-sthana**. **Eka-indriya-trika** **devas** bind karmas, but **naraka** beings do not. The same applies to **kalpa-dvipa**.
**Jyotishka**, **bhavana-pati**, and **vyantar** **devas** bind all **prakritis** except the **tirthankara-namakarma**, similar to the **devas** of the first and second **deva-loka**.