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## Description of the Six Categories of the Soul
**Verse 71-72**
**Time Explanation**
The soul is described as one, two-fold, three-marked, four-moving, five-quality-dominant, six-category-bound, seven-fold-existent, eight-based, nine-meaningful, and ten-located.
**Verse 71**
* **One:** The soul is one because it is eternally conscious and active.
* **Two-fold:** The soul is two-fold because of the difference between knowledge and perception.
* **Three-marked:** The soul is three-marked because it is characterized by the difference between karma, its fruits, and the knowledge of action.
**Verse 72**
* **Four-moving:** The soul is four-moving because it moves through the four states of existence.
* **Five-quality-dominant:** The soul is five-quality-dominant because it is primarily characterized by the five qualities of the soul: *parinaamika*, *audarika*, etc.
* **Six-category-bound:** The soul is six-category-bound because it is bound by the six categories of existence: upward, downward, and the four directions.
* **Seven-fold-existent:** The soul is seven-fold-existent because it exists in the seven states of being: *asti*, *nasti*, etc.
* **Eight-based:** The soul is eight-based because it is the basis of the eight qualities of karma.
* **Nine-meaningful:** The soul is nine-meaningful because it is the essence of the nine categories of reality.
* **Ten-located:** The soul is ten-located because it resides in the ten locations of existence: earth, water, fire, air, plants, and the five senses.
**Hindi Time Explanation**
The verses describe the different categories of the soul.
**Explanation**
The soul is one because it is eternally conscious and active. It is two-fold because of the difference between knowledge and perception. It is three-marked because it is characterized by the difference between karma, its fruits, and the knowledge of action. It is four-moving because it moves through the four states of existence. It is five-quality-dominant because it is primarily characterized by the five qualities of the soul: *parinaamika*, *audarika*, etc. It is six-category-bound because it is bound by the six categories of existence: upward, downward, and the four directions. It is seven-fold-existent because it exists in the seven states of being: *asti*, *nasti*, etc. It is eight-based because it is the basis of the eight qualities of karma. It is nine-meaningful because it is the essence of the nine categories of reality. It is ten-located because it resides in the ten locations of existence: earth, water, fire, air, plants, and the five senses.