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**Description of the Nine Substances and the Path to Liberation**
_The **grahana** (acceptance) of karma-pudgalas is their entry into the karma-skandha that is associated with the jiva's region. This is caused by **yoga**. Yoga is the activity of the self-region, which is based on the categories of speech, mind, body, and karma. **Bandha** (bondage) is the state of karma-pudgalas with a specific type of power. This is caused by **jiva-bhava**. Jiva-bhava is the state of being characterized by attachment, aversion, and delusion, which is a modification produced by the ripening of the delusion-inducing karma._
_Here, yoga is the external cause of grahana because it is the cause of the acceptance of karma-pudgalas. Jiva-bhava is the internal cause because it is the cause of the specific power and state of karma-pudgalas._
**Commentary:**
This is a statement about the external and internal causes of bondage.
**Grahana** means the entry of karma-pudgalas into the karma-skandha that is associated with the jiva's region. This is caused by **yoga**. **Yoga** is the activity of the self-region, which is based on the categories of speech, mind, body, and karma.
**Bandha** means the state of karma-pudgalas with a specific type of power. This is caused by **jiva-bhava**. **Jiva-bhava** is the state of being characterized by attachment, aversion, and delusion, which is a modification produced by the ripening of the delusion-inducing karma.
Therefore, here (in bondage), **yoga** is the external cause because it is the cause of the acceptance of karma-pudgalas, and **jiva-bhava** is the internal cause because it is the cause of the specific power and state of karma-pudgalas.
**Translation of the Sanskrit Commentary:**
This section explains the external and internal causes of bondage. The acceptance of karma-pudgalas is caused by yoga. Yoga is the activity of the self-region, which is based on the categories of speech, mind, body, and karma. It is the cause of the acceptance of karma.
Bondage is caused by jiva-bhava. It is the state of being characterized by attachment, aversion, and delusion. This is a modification produced by the ripening of the delusion-inducing karma.
Here, the external cause of bondage is yoga, which is the cause of the acceptance of karma-pudgalas. The internal cause of bondage is the karmas, which are the cause of the specific power and state of karma-pudgalas.