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## Chapter 48: The Sixfold Karma
**The highest state of the Gotra karma is 20 Kodakodi Sagaropama, and the highest state of the Ayu karma is 33 Sagaropama.** Just as the highest state of the root karmas has been described, the highest states of their counter-parts have also been described in this chapter. Along with this description of the states, their unobstructed period and the period of fruition have also been described.
**The period after the binding of karma, during which it does not obstruct, i.e., does not begin to bear fruit by arising, is called the unobstructed period.** The remaining period of the karma state after this unobstructed period, during which the karma arises, bears fruit and falls away, is called the period of fruition.
**The general rule for the unobstructed period is that for a karma whose state is one Kodakodi Sagar, its unobstructed period will be 100 years.** This means that the karma will not bear fruit for 100 years, after which it will begin to bear fruit. According to this rule, the unobstructed period for karmas whose state is 30 Kodakodi Sagar is three thousand years. For those whose state is 70 Kodakodi Sagar, the unobstructed period is seven thousand years, and for those whose state is 20 Kodakodi Sagar, the unobstructed period is two thousand years.
**The rule for the unobstructed period of Ayu karma is different.** Its highest unobstructed period is one-third of a Purva Koti years at most. For karmas whose highest state is Antah Kodakodi Sagaropama or less, their unobstructed period is Antarmuhurta. The countless distinctions of Antarmuhurta, from the lowest to the highest, have been explained before. Therefore, for a karma whose state is Antah Kodakodi or less, as described in the following, the shorter the state, the shorter the Antarmuhurta of its unobstructed period should be understood.
**Chapter 7: The Lowest State**
This chapter describes the lowest state of all the root karmas and their counter-parts, their lowest unobstructed period, and their period of fruition. The lowest state of Vedaniya karma is 12 Muhurtas, the lowest state of Nama and Gotra karma is 8 Muhurtas, and the lowest state of the remaining five karmas is only Antarmuhurta. However, this lowest state of binding does not occur for every being. It occurs only for the subtle Samprayay, the tenth Gunasthan, who is climbing the ladder of क्षपकश्रेणी, at the final moment of his detachment from the binding of that nature, except for the Mohaniya and Ayu karma. The binding of the lowest state of the remaining six karmas occurs at that time.
The binding of the lowest state of Mohaniya karma, which is Antarmuhurta, occurs for the Sadhu who is climbing the क्षपकश्रेणी, at the final moment of his ninth Gunasthan. The binding of the lowest state of Ayu karma, which is Antarmuhurta, occurs for humans or Tiryanch Mithyadristi beings.
Generally, the lowest state of different natures ranges from Antarmuhurta to Antah Kodakodi Sagaropama. However, the unobstructed period for all of them is only Antarmuhurta. The remaining time should be understood as the period of fruition.