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## The Fifth Karma Text
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Sixty-six Sagaras are completed when a being takes birth for the second time. When a being is born in the Vijayadik category, 132 Sagaras are completed.
One hundred and sixty-six Sagaras are completed in this way: A being, after experiencing thirty-one Sagaras in the ninth *Praveyak* (realm of existence), is expelled from there and takes birth in the human realm. Then, after going twice to the Vijayadik category and completing sixty-six Sagaras twice, one hundred and sixty-six Sagaras are completed.
One hundred and seventy-five Sagaras are completed in this way: A being, after completing twenty-two Sagaras in the sixth hell called *Tamahprabha*, experiences thirty-one Sagaras in the ninth *Praveyak*, and then completes sixty-six Sagaras twice in the Vijayadik category, thus completing a period of one hundred and seventy-five Sagaras.
In this way, the forty-one *Prakritis* (categories of karma) do not bind the five-sensed being for more than this period.
Beginning the discussion of the least and greatest duration of the continuous binding of the *Adhruvabandhini* *Prakritis* (categories of karma), we first explain the greatest duration of binding: The *Pallati* (a unit of time), *Survi* (a unit of time), *Undhidu* (a unit of time), and *Ge* (a unit of time) - that is, the *Devadvik* (heavenly realm and its precursor) and *Vaikriyadrik* (Vaikriya body and its limbs) - these four *Prakritis* can be bound for a maximum of three *Pallyas* if their binding remains constant. The reason for this is that the *Bhogabhumij* (those who experience the fruits of their karma) beings, from birth, bind these four *Prakritis* for a period of three *Pallyas*. Because the *Bhogabhumij* beings do not bind the *Prakritis* of *Namakarma* (karma that determines the nature of the soul) that are responsible for the hell, *Tiyantra* (intermediate realm), and human realms, even if there is a difference in the results, these four *Prakritis* are not bound by any opposing *Prakriti*.