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## The Fifth Karma Text
**249**
There are countless variations in the duration of the *antarmuhūrta* (the time between two breaths), sometimes two breaths, sometimes three breaths, and so on. With each of these variations, there is a corresponding *āndhatā* (blindness). Thus, when there are countless variations in the state of a single nature and a single living being, it is possible that there are countless variations in the state of all natures and all living beings. Therefore, the variations in the state due to the variations in nature are countless times greater.
From the variations in the state, the *sthitibandha-adhyavasaya-sthāna* (the place of the determination of the bond of the state) are countless times greater. The results of the determination that are the cause of each *sthitibandha* are numerous, because even the most insignificant bond of the state is caused by countless *lokapramāṇa* (world-sized) determinations. That is, a single *sthitibandha* can be caused by a particular result of a particular living being, and by a particular result of another living being. This should be understood in the same way for all other cases. Therefore, the *sthitibandha-adhyavasaya-sthāna* are considered to be countless times greater than the variations in the state.
From the *sthitibandha-adhyavasaya-sthāna*, the *anubhāgabandha-adhyavasaya-sthāna* (the place of the determination of the bond of the part) are countless times greater. That is, the results that are the cause of the *anubhāgabandha* are countless times greater than the results that are the cause of the *sthitibandha*. The reason for this is that each *sthitibandha-adhyavasaya-sthāna* lasts until the end of the *antarmuhūrta*, but each *anubhāgabandha-adhyavasaya-sthāna* lasts for at least one breath and at most for *āha* (a period of time). Therefore, there are as many *anubhāgabandha-adhyavasaya-sthāna* as there are *loka-ākāśa* (world-sized spaces) in each *sthitibandha-adhyavasaya-sthāna*.
1. The particular results of a living being that arise from the *kaṣāya* (passions) and cause the *sthitibandha* are called *sthitibandha-adhyavasaya*.