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## The Fifth Section of the Granth
**Greater Bandha** is also considered separately. This means that in the aforementioned three Greater Bandhas, by binding six and then seven, a form of Bandha is shown as one Greater Bandha. When one is bound, the form of Bandha of seven remains in the same place as seven, therefore it is not separate. Thus, upon descending from the Upshama श्रेणी, there are only three Greater Bandhas.
**Lesser Bandha** is completely opposite to Greater Bandha. Binding fewer karmas after binding more karmas is called Lesser Bandha. There are also three Lesser Bandhas, just like Greater Bandhas. They are as follows:
When a being binds eight karmas during the time of binding Ayukarma and then binds seven karmas, this is the first Lesser Bandha. In the ninth Gunasthan, when a being binds seven karmas and then binds the remaining six karmas without Mohaniya in the first time of the tenth Gunasthan, this is the second Lesser Bandha. And in the tenth Gunasthan, when a being binds six karmas and then binds one karma in the eleventh or twelfth Gunasthan, this is the third Lesser Bandha. Here too, binding eight and then binding six and one, and binding seven and then binding one, cannot be Lesser Bandhas. Because a being cannot go directly to the eleventh Gunasthan from the Apratmatta and Anivritikaran Gunasthan, nor can it go directly to the tenth Gunasthan from Apratmatta. Therefore, there should be only three Lesser Bandhas.
The difference between Greater and Lesser Bandhas is that Greater Bandhas occur during the fall in Gunasthan, and Lesser Bandhas occur during the ascent. But the ascent and descent in Gunasthan are in order...