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## Chapter 44:
**The Six-Part Agama**
Just as the number of Gunasthanas (stages of spiritual progress) is mentioned in a concise manner, similarly, the Sutrakar (author of the sutras) has also presented the number of Marganasthanas (stages on the path to liberation) in a concise way. The reader will experience this conciseness while studying this chapter.
The introduction to the Chulika (appendix) has explained the subject matter of the eight chapters of the first part, called Jeevasthan (the realm of living beings). Now, the Sutrakar has also mentioned nine Chulika in this first part. These Chulika contain information that was not included in the eight Anuyogadwaras (chapters) and are related to them or are essential to know. These chapters are considered as appendices to the first part.
There are nine Chulika in the Jeevasthan part, whose names have been mentioned earlier. Here, we will introduce their subject matter one by one.
**1. Prakriti Samutkirtan Chulika:**
The various differences seen in the form of the movement, species, etc. of living beings are due to karma. What is this karma? What is its nature? And how many types of karma are there? To answer these questions, the Acharya (teacher) has created this Chulika.
The karmic particles (pudgal) that a living being binds to its own realm through its attachment and aversion (vibhav parinati) are called karma or prakriti. There are eight fundamental types of karma:
1. **Jnanavaraniy:** Karma that covers the knowledge faculty of the soul. It has five sub-types.
2. **Darshanavaraniy:** Karma that covers the perception faculty of the soul. It has nine sub-types.
3. **Vedaniy:** Karma that causes the soul to experience pleasure or pain. It has two sub-types.
4. **Mohaniy:** Karma that deludes the soul into worldly attachments. It has twenty-eight sub-types.
5. **Aayu:** Karma that keeps the living being bound in the realms of hell, heaven, and human beings. It has four sub-types.
6. **Naam:** Karma that creates the body, limbs, and form of the living being. It has forty-two sub-types in its gross form and ninety-three sub-types in its subtle form.
7. **Gotra:** Karma that determines the birth in a high or low family. It has two sub-types.
8. **Antaraya:** Karma that creates obstacles in the attainment of desired objects, enjoyment, and consumption. It has five sub-types.
Thus, this Prakriti Samutkirtan Chulika describes eight fundamental types of karma and one hundred and forty-eight sub-types.