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segregated and transformed qualitatively in different categories like knowledge-obscuring karmas.
Yoga (association or combination) is of two types good (śubha) and bad (aśubha). When the attitude is inclined towards religion with mind, speech, and body it is good yoga and when it is inclined towards inauspicious it is bad yoga. Whether it is good yoga or bad yoga, in absence of righteousness (samyagdarśana) the bondage of all types of vitiating karmas continues every moment. Besides this, other types of karmas also get bonded. They are three out of the nine subsidiary types. This includes one out of hāsya (laughter) and soka (gloom), one out of rati (pleasure in sense activity) and arati (displeasure in sense activity), and one out of the three vedas (sexual cravings for male, female, or hermaphrodite).
In the same way with good yoga in non-vitiating karmas, meritorious (punya) types of karmas get bonded. With bad yoga demeritorious (pāpa) types of karmas are bonded. And with mixed yoga some meritorious and some demeritorious karmas get bonded.
The process of acquiring specific karmic particles depending on yoga is called pradeśa bandha (bonding with specific space points in soul). The process of qualitative segregation is called praksti bandha (qualitative bondage).
With the fruition of mohanīya karma come false perception (mithyātva) and emotions like anger. They all are called passions (kaşāya). The passions are responsible for sthiti bandha (duration) of the categories of karma (praksti). This means that the specific type of karma remains constantly active or comes to fruition (accepting the dormant period) till the duration comes to an end. Excepting āyu karma (god, man, or animal) the duration of all vitiating and non-vitiating karmas is in directly proportion to the intensity of passions; in other words it increases and decreases as the intensity of passions increases or decreases. The duration of āyu karma is inversely proportional to the intensity of passions; or it decreases with he increase of intensity and vice versa.
The intensity of passions also governs the anubhāga bandha (potency) of karmic particles. As milk from goat, cow, and buffalo has
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