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## Chapter 4
**Regarding the eight Bandha-sthānas, there are only eight Bandhas present.**
When a Jīva, having shed all the Nāmakarma Prākrtis in the eleventh Guṇasthāna, binds a single Prākriti, it is called the first Avaktavyabandh. When a Jīva, having died in the eleventh Guṇasthāna and taken birth in the Anuttar Devās, binds thirty Prākrtis suitable for the Manusshyagati, it is called the second Avaktavyabandh. And when it binds twenty-nine Prākrtis suitable for the Manusshyagati, it is called the third Avaktavyabandh. Thus, there are three Avaktavyabandhas.
In the first three stanzas of this Gāthā, the Bandha-sthānas of Nāmakarma and the Bhūyaskaara etc. Bandhas within them have been described. In the fourth stanza, a hint is given to explain the Bandha-sthānas of the remaining Karmas, by saying, "There is only one Bandha-sthāna for each of the remaining five Karmas - Jñānāvaraṇa, Vedaniya, Āyu, Gotra, and Antarāya." This is because the five Prākrtis of Jñānāvaraṇa and Antarāya are bound together and cease together. Similarly, in the Uttar Prākrtis of Vedaniya, Āyu, and Gotra Karmas, only one Prākriti is bound at a time. Therefore, there are no Bhūyaskaara etc. Bandhas in these Karmas. Because where only one Prākriti is bound, it is not possible to bind a few Prākrtis and then bind more, or to bind more Prākrtis and then bind fewer.
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**1** In the Karmakāṇḍa Gāthās 165 to 582, the Bhūyaskaara etc. Bandhas of Nāmakarma have been discussed in detail. In these Gāthās, the Bhūyaskaara etc. Bandhas have been explained in relation to the Guṇasthānas. The number of Prākrtis that can be bound, the number of Prākrtis that can be released, and the number of Bhangas that can occur in each of these Prākrtis, have all been explained in relation to the Bhūyaskaara etc. Bandhas.