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## The Fifth Karma Granth
The Fifth Karma Granth deals with the destruction of the **Kaf** (phlegm) element. Similarly, the **Karma Pudgalas** (matter particles) absorbed by the soul generate different powers. Some of these powers hinder the soul's **Jnana Guna** (knowledge quality), some obscure the **Darshan Guna** (perception quality), and some suppress the soul's infinite power. This binding of different qualities, powers, and natures within different **Karma Pudgalas** is called **Prakriti Bandh** (nature binding).
Some of these **Karma Pudgalas** have a lifespan of a week, some fifteen days, and so on, during which they retain their inherent nature. This lifespan is called **Sthiti** (duration). Upon completion of **Sthiti**, the **Karma Pudgalas** lose their inherent nature, becoming dull and lifeless. Similarly, some **Karma Dalikas** (groups of Karma particles) remain with the soul for seventy **Koda Kodi Sagaropama** (a unit of time), some for twenty **Koda Kodi Sagaropama**, and so on. This binding of different lifespans, where **Karma Paramanus** (atomic particles of Karma) remain with the soul without losing their inherent nature, is called **Sthiti Bandh** (duration binding). Upon completion of **Sthiti**, these **Karma Paramanus** abandon their inherent nature and separate from the soul.
Just as some sweets have more sweetness, some less, some more bitterness, and some less, similarly, some **Karma Paramanus** have more **Shubh** (auspicious) or **Ashubh** (inauspicious) **Rasa** (flavor), some less. This generation of different intensities of **Shubh** and **Ashubh Rasa** within **Karma Pudgalas**, ranging from **Teer** (intense) to **Teertam** (most intense) and **Mand** (mild) to **Mandtam** (least mild), is called **Rasa Bandh** (flavor binding).
Some sweets weigh two **tola** (a unit of weight), some a **chhatank** (a unit of weight), and so on. Similarly, some **Karma Skandhas** (groups of Karma particles) have a greater number of **Karma Paramanus**, and...