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## The Fifth Karma Granth
**Nipa - Anantgune, Taksha Unse Bhi Raschcheya - Raschched - Ras Avibhaag Pratichched.**
The Gathaarth Yogasthan Shroni has countless parts. From these, the distinctions of natures, distinctions of states, the study-places of state-bond, and the study-places of section-bond are countless - gune, countless-gune. From these, the karmic skandhas are countless-gune, and from the karmic skandhas, the Raschched are countless-gune.
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**Special Meaning:** The Gatha has explained the distinctions of bond and their causes in a brief manner. In this explanation, the following seven things have been taken:
(1) Nature Distinction, (2) State Distinction, (3) Region Distinction, (4) Raschched, meaning Section Distinction, (5) Yogasthan, (6) Study-place of State-bond, and (7) Study-place of Section-bond.
In these seven distinctions, there are four distinctions of bond and three distinctions of their causes. There are four distinctions of bond, but the reason for considering three distinctions of cause is that the cause of nature and region bond is the same. Therefore, the distinctions of cause are reduced to three instead of four. Here, the briefness of these seven is explained, which is less and which is more. That is, which of the seven has a greater number and which has a lesser number.
Starting with this statement of briefness, it is first explained that the number of Yogasthanas is countless parts of the Shroni - Sethi Asankhijjam Se Jogatthanani - meaning, in countless parts of the Shroni, there are as many Yogasthanas as there are regions of space. It has been explained earlier that the special power or strength is called Yoga, and the most subtle Yoga, Nigodhiya Sandhyaparyaptak Aav, is the first of existence...