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## The Fifth Karma Granth
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The nature of the **utkrusht**, **anutkrusht**, **jaghanya**, and **ajagghanya** bands, along with their **saadi**, **anaadi**, **dhruva**, and **adhruva** bhangs, has been explained previously. The consideration of their **mool** and **uttar** prakritis at the end of each band has also been discussed. Now, we will consider them in the context of **pradeshabandh**.
The act of acquiring the maximum number of **karma skandhas** is called **utkrusht pradeshabandh**. The act of acquiring the minimum number of **karma skandhas**, including the loss of one, two, or more **skandhas** from the **utkrusht pradeshabandh**, is called **anutkrusht pradeshabandh**. In this way, all the variations of **pradeshabandh** are encompassed within the **utkrusht** and **anutkrusht** categories.
The act of acquiring the minimum number of **skandhas** is called **jaghanya pradeshabandh**. The act of acquiring more and more **karma skandhas**, including the addition of one, two, or more **skandhas** to the **jaghanya pradeshabandh**, is called **ajagghanya pradeshabandh**. In this way, all the variations of **pradeshabandh** are encompassed within the **jaghanya** and **ajagghanya** categories, similar to the **utkrusht** and **anutkrusht** categories.
The **anutkrusht pradeshabandh** with its four variations of **saadi** etc., as mentioned in the **gatha** concerning the **darshan shatka** and other **prakritis**, is explained as follows:
In **darshan**, the six **prakritis** of **chakshudarshanaavaran**, **achakshudarshanaavaran**, **avhidarshanaavaran**, **kevaladarshanaavaran**, **nidra**, and **prachala** are acquired. Of these, the **utkrusht pradeshabandh** of the remaining four **darshanaavaran**, excluding **nidra** and **prachala**, occurs in the tenth **gunasthan** called **sukshmasampray**. This is because the **mohaniya** and **ayu karma** do not bind here, and the **nidra panchak** also does not bind. This allows the **jiva** to acquire a lot of **dravya**. After achieving this **utkrusht pradeshabandh**, when a **jiva** reaches the eleventh **gunasthan** called **upshantamoh** and then falls back to the tenth **gunasthan**, the **jiva** acquires the **anutkrusht** of the aforementioned **prakritis**.