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## Self-Ownership
**Special Note:** We are now discussing the bondage-ownership in the heavenly realm, in comparison to the general and the qualities of the realms. The heavenly beings, namely the Bhavanavasi, Vyantar, Jyotishka, and Kalpavasis, are distinct categories. Even in the heavenly realm, there are four qualities similar to the hellish realm. Therefore, after explaining the general bondage-ownership, we are now describing the bondage-ownership in relation to the qualities of these four categories.
Although the bondage of the heavenly beings is similar to the bondage of the hellish beings in terms of nature, there are some differences in the bondage-worthy natures in the heavenly realm due to the possibility of being born as an Ekendriya-Trika, Ekendriya, Sthavar, and Atap. This is because the heavenly beings, unlike the hellish beings, can be born in these categories.
The statement "Niryadh Suraya" (meaning "Hellish beings are not born in the heavenly realm") implies that just as hellish beings do not die and get reborn in the hellish or heavenly realms, similarly, heavenly beings also do not die and get reborn in these two realms. Therefore, they do not bind the eight natures: Devanik, Naraktrik, and Vaikriya-Dvik. They also do not bind the Aharak-Dvik due to the absence of the first quality, Sarvadis. Furthermore, heavenly beings do not die and get reborn as subtle Ekendriya or Vikala-Indriya, which means they do not bind the six natures: Sukhma-Trika and Vikala-Indriya-Trika. Thus, by excluding these 16 natures from the total 120 bondage-worthy natures, the heavenly beings bind 104 natures in general.
In the hellish realm, it is said that 101 natures are bound because 16 natures, from Sura-Dvik to Asap Karma, are not bound out of the total 120 bondage-worthy natures. However, in the hellish realm, the three natures: Ekendriya-Trika, Ekendriya, Sthavar, and Atap are also included. But heavenly beings can be born as Badar Ekendriya after death. Therefore, heavenly beings bind these three natures more than hellish beings. Hence, in comparison to the hellish realm...