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I am the Soul
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Let us see how the division of the karma pudgalas occurs. The part of ayushya karma is the smallest, for its state is shorter than all other karmas. The parts of nama and gotra karmas are bigger than the ayushya karma because the state of ayushya karma is 33 sagaropama while the nama-gotra state is 20 krodakroda sagars. These two get equal parts. Jnanavarniya, darshanavarniya and antaraya have a state longer than namagotra, i.e. 30 krodakroda sagars and hence these three get a part larger than nama-gotra. The part of mohaniya karma is larger than these three for its state is of 70 krodakroda sagars. The largest part is that of vedaniya karma. Although the state of vedaniya karma is much less than that of mohaniya karma, the part vedaniya gets is larger because without a substantial amount of karma pudgalas the joys and sorrows that result from vedaniya cannot be clearly experienced. Vedaniya can effectively play its part only with more pudgalas and hence in spite of its state being shorter it gets the largest part.
Stithi Bandha – After being entrapped, the time span for which a karma is bonded to an atma is its period of Stithi. The ascertaining of this period of stithi in the karmas that are getting bonded is called stithibandha. Stithi is of two types - jaghanya and utkrushta. The lowest of the low stithi is jaghanya and the highest of the high stithi is utkrushta.
Stithi has been bifurcated in yet another way. The period until which the karmas do not arise, yet remain with the atma after being bonded, is the abadhakal and after arising, the period during which they remain active is called the stithi. The abadhakal is equivalent to as many centuries as the sagaropama period of the utkrushta stithi of a karma.
Rasa Bandha – The ability to provide results that resides in the entrapped karma pudgalas is called Rasa bandha. Until getting bonded with jivas, the karmic atoms do not have any particular rasa in them. They are nirasa and uniform. But when
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