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## The Fifth Karma Text
**121**
Akṣaya jivas are bound by Vedaniya karma, while the remaining seven karmas bind only Sakṣaya jivas. Akṣaya jivas experience Vedaniya karma in only two moments: first, the moment of binding, and second, the moment of experiencing and shedding it. Therefore, when discussing the severity of karmas, the twelve-muhūrta severity of Vedaniya karma should be understood as applying to Sakṣaya jivas, excluding Akṣaya jivas. In other words, the severity of Sakṣaya Vedaniya karma is twelve muhūrta, while that of Akṣaya Vedaniya karma is two muhūrta.
Further, the duration of karmas (anudaya kāla) will be discussed based on the substratum of the Uttarādhāyana. Therefore, the duration of the root karmas should also be understood accordingly. The duration of Vāni, Jñānāvaraṇa, Darśanāvaraṇa, Vedaniya, and Antarāya karma is three thousand years, that of Mohaniya karma is seven thousand years, that of Nāma and Gotra karma is two thousand years, and that of Āyu karma is one antamuhūrta and one-third of a previous koṭi. The remaining time after subtracting the duration from the total time of the state is known as niṣeka kāla (bhogya kāla).
Abadhā kāla refers to the time devoid of the creation of dalikas. When a jiva binds a karma with a certain state, the karma-vargaṇās (components of karma) create themselves to produce the corresponding fruit for that duration. They do not create themselves in the initial stages. This is called abadhā kāla. After abadhā kāla, the creation of karma-dalikas for experiencing the fruit until the end of the state is called niṣeka. The creation is more in the first stage, less in the second, and even less in the third, and so on.
**1** The Uttarādhāyana also mentions the antamuhūrta as evidence.