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be for years beyond conception. The duration is measured in terms of sägaropama years. The minimum length may be any unit of a muhūrta (48 minutes). The gradation of intensity falls into four groups. If the intensity of the fruition of an auspicious Karma is great, the enjoyment is also great.
While discussing the nature of bondage, mention has been made of anubhāga (intensity). The results of the Karmas, suffering in the case of inauspicious Karmas and enjoyment in the case of the auspicious ones, may be mild, great or intense. This depends upon the passions and activities which produce the Karmas. Diversity in the bondage is the direct result of the degree in depth
e operation of the Karina. Anubhāga is conceived as divisible into infinite number of indivisible parts which cannot be further divided. Each one of such indivisible parts is called indivisible unit avibhāga-pariccheda. Even the single atom of an aggregate of Karmic matter (Karma-skandha) possessed of the least intensity has an infinite number of such infinite units. 13
The fourth variety of bondage is pradeśa or the quantity of space-points that the Karmas interpenetrate. Since bondage results in the existence of the soul and Karma in unison, we speak of Pradeśa. When there is an incessant influx of Karma into the soul, the latter attracts the matter which occupies the space of the soul. Since the extent of bondage is with reference to the space occupied in the soul, the bondage is called Pradeśa-bandha. The space in the universe is filled with Karmic matter and the soul attracts only such number of particles as are wafted into by the activity of passion. The quantity of matter attracted may be of eight main types, as there are eight types of Karmas.
Samvara or Stoppage of Influx
Samvara or stoppage of the influx of new Karmas is the first significant step in the process of liberation of the soul from Karma. Samvara is the opposite of Aśrava; it is so called as it prevents the entry of Karma into the soul. Umāsvāmi has given
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