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FI 68/2, 3
-A, 2015
There are 10 kind of prana or vitalities explained in Gommamasâra in the following verse:
paEcavi iEdiynamanvaci kayike'u
ânâpanap âna aupanena Honti dasa pâGâ There are 10 kinds of vital energy viz. the five sensual vital energiesî
3 The powers of body mind and speech 1 The respiratory vital energy 1 The vital energy of life span.
Here, the last vital energy of life-span is considerable, which is force by which life exists. What regulates the vital energy?
A magnet attracts the pran fillings very easily with its magnetic force and when moved it attracts more. So is the soul attracts the karmic particles through attracted its passion and attracts more with activity of body, mind and speech.
ThâGaA enumerates eight kinds of karma as follows: jîvâGaA ammha kammapadio cinimsuv a cinamti va taA jahâGa GâvarnijjaA darisanavarnijja A veyaniija A MohanijjaA âuyaA nâmaA gottaА antarâyaA auyaA nâmaA gotta A antarâyaA.
There are eight kinds of karmic aggregrates acquired by soul which are as follows:
1. Knowledge obscuring Karma 2. Intution obscuring Karma 3. feeling producing Karma 4. Deluding Karma 5. Life span determining Karma 6. Body making Karma