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## The Bond of Karma: A Translation
**Chapter 153**
Multiplying the number of possibilities for each of the following: one from the stable and unstable, one from the auspicious and inauspicious, and one from the praiseworthy and blameworthy, we get 2x2x2=8 types of bonds. This means there are eight types of bonds for the thirty natural bond-places.
Thus, there are a total of 1+460884617 bonds in the twenty-five, twenty-six, and thirty natural bond-places that are suitable for the human path.
**"One in the twenty-five, 4608 in the twenty-nine, and eight in the thirty."**
This means that there is one bond in the twenty-five natural bond-places suitable for the human path, 4608 in the twenty-nine, and eight in the thirty. These total 4617 bonds.
Now we will discuss the bond-places suitable for the divine path. There are four bond-places for the beings bound by the natural qualities suitable for the divine path: twenty-eight, twenty-six, thirty, and thirty-one.
**In the twenty-eight natural bond-place:** There is a bond of the following twenty-eight qualities: divine path, divine ancestry, five-sense beings, subtle body, subtle limbs, luminous body, karmic body, square-shaped body, four colors, heavy-light, severe blow, mild blow, exhalation, auspicious liberation, S, Badar, sufficient, one each from the stable and unstable, one each from the auspicious and inauspicious, auspicious, order, good voice, one each from the praiseworthy and blameworthy, and creation. Therefore, this collection of qualities is called a bond-place. This bond-place occurs for those beings who are bound by the natural qualities suitable for the divine path, namely those who are of false vision, those who are of partial right vision, those who are of complete false vision, those who are of unwavering right vision, those who are of limited liberation, and those who are of complete liberation.
**"There are four bond-places for those who are bound by the divine path, namely: twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty, and thirty-one."** - *Commentary on the Saptaatika Prakarana, page 176*