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I am the Soul
489 All the things that we referred to are inanimate yet we have experienced their effect on the body. Among those, it is not as if the poison will have effect only if consumed with full knowledge. Even when consumed without knowledge, it is bound to have effect.
Just as all these effects occur on the body, mind, knowledge and the ability of the atma to feel, the good or evil karmas also have effect on the atma. Let us look at the process of karma bondage in detail in order to understand this.
The specific relation of atma and the karmic atoms is called bandha. Bandha is of four types – Prakriti bandha, Stithi bandha, Rasabandha and Pradeshabandha.
Prakriti Bandha - The meaning of the term Prakriti is the original disposition. Therefore, the disposition that develops in the various karmas to undermine knowledge etc., is called Prakritibandha. Such as - Jnanavarniya, Darshanavarniya, Vedaniya, Mohaniya, Ayushya, Nam, Gotra and Antaraya. These are the eight dispositions that develop in the karmas.
Due to association with the jiva and as a result of passionate feelings, when the karmic particles turn into karma, they develop four characteristics - 1. Natural disposition, 2. State, 3. Ability to provide results, and 4. Scale. Among these the natural disposition and scale are dependent on the ability of the Prakritibandha and Pradeshabandha jiva to interact and the state and ability to provide results is dependent on the Stithibandha and Rasabandha jiva's passionate feelings. The natural disposition and scale of the Karmic pudgals which are entrapped are as intense or feeble as the strength of interaction. Their state and ability to provide results are as intense or feeble as the passionate feelings of the jiva.
Thus in the first Prakritibandha, the karmas result into Jnanavarana and other forms.
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