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## 86th Century
The nature and quantity of the *svabhava* and *parimana* will also be as intense or as subtle as the *mantra*. Similarly, just as the *kṣaya* emotions of the living being are intense or subtle, the state of the bound atoms and the fruitful power will also be as intense or subtle. This is explained by an example:
Let the *yogaśakti* of the living being be considered as wind, the *kṣaya* as sticky glue, and the *karma* atoms as dust. Just as when the wind blows, dust particles fly and settle on places where there is something sticky like glue, in the same way, *karma* particles flow into the soul from every physical, verbal, and mental action of the living being. These *karma* particles, with the help of the *saṃkleśa* results of the living being, become bound to the soul. Just as the wind is subtle or intense, the dust flies in the same proportion, and the glue, etc., is as sticky as it is, the dust also stays there with the same stability. Similarly, the more intense the *yogaśakti*, the greater the number of incoming *karma* atoms, and the more intense the *kṣaya*, the greater the state and the greater the binding of the *karma* atoms.
To explain the nature of the four types of binding, *prākṛtibandha* etc., the first *karmagrantha* gives the example of *modaka* (sweet balls). The essence of this is as follows:
Just as *modaka* made from substances that destroy *vata* have the nature of destroying *vata*, *modaka* made from substances that destroy *pitta* have the nature of calming *pitta*, and *modaka* made from substances that destroy *kapha* have the nature of destroying *kapha*.
1. *Paṭīrasa esa taṃ cauhā moya-gastha ditā*.
- First *karmagrantha*, verse 2.