Disclaimer: This translation does not guarantee complete accuracy, please confirm with the original page text.
## Fifth Karma Granth
There are three sections of bondage in the *prakritis* (natural tendencies), and conversely, there is a mild section of bondage from opposite emotions. This means that there is a mild section of bondage in the *ashubh prakritis* (inauspicious tendencies) from pure emotions, and a mild section of bondage in the *shubh prakritis* (auspicious tendencies) from *sanklesha* emotions (emotions that bind).
The section of the *ashubh prakritis* is compared to the bitter juice of neem, while the section of the *shubh prakritis* is compared to the juice of sugarcane. This is explained as follows: just as the juice of neem is bitter, so too is the juice of the *ashubh prakritis* considered bad because they yield inauspicious fruits. The juice of sugarcane is sweet and delicious, just as the juice of the *shubh prakritis* is pleasant.
Both *ashubh* and *shubh* *prakritis* have four stages each of intense and mild juice. These were only hinted at in the explanation of verse 2 of the first *karma granth*. Here, we will state them in more detail.
The four types of stages of the three and *sand* juices are as follows: 1. *Totra*, 2. *Tivratar*, 3. *Tivratam*, 4. *Atyanta Tivra*, and 1. *Mand*, 2. *Mandatar*, 3. *Mandatam*, and 4. *Atyanta Mand*. Although there are countless types of these, one should know the countless types of each, but all of them are included in these four stages. These four types are called *ekasthānik*, *dvisthānik*, *tristhānik*, and *chatuḥsthānik* respectively. This means that *ekasthānik* should be understood as *totra* or *mand*, *dvisthānik* as *tivratar* or *mandatar*, *tristhānik* as *tivratam* or *mandatam*, and *chatuḥsthānik* as *atyant tivra* or *atyant mand*.
These should be understood in this way: just as the juice of neem that is extracted immediately is naturally bitter, which is its three stages. When that juice...