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(30) Sthira, the energy which retains the various dhatus and upadhātus in their respective positions in the body. The dhātus are the juices, blood, flesh, fat, bone, marrow and semen; and the upadhātus, wind, bile, phlegm, nerves, sinews, skin, and the digestive fire.
(31) Asthira, the energy which tends to disturb the equilibrium of dhātus and upadhātus.
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(32) Subha-nama-karma is a prakriti which imparts attractiveness to the limbs of the body.
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(33) Asubha-nama-karma is the energy which makes the bodily limbs unattractive and offensive to look at.
(34) *Subhaga-nama-karma is an energy which makes one the 133 object of love by others.
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(35) *Durbhaga-nāma-karma acts in the opposite way to the subhaga prakriti.
(36) Susvara renders speech agreeable and melodious.
(37) Dusvara makes the voice croaky and unpleasant to hear. (38) Adeya imparts radiance and glow to the body.
(39) Anādeya makes a body devoid of radiance or glow.
(40) *Yasakirti makes one popular in the world.
(41) * Ayaśakirti operates in the opposite way, and makes one unpopular.
With reference to karma prakritis Nos. 138, 184, 139 and 140 the principle enunciated in the following observations from Brook's "Practice of Auto-Suggestion will be found to explain their nature and operation with sufficient adequacy :
Here we catch a glimpse of the truth behind what is called luck.' We are told that everything comes to him who waits, and this is literally true, provided he waits in the right frame of mind. Some men are notoriously lucky in business; whatever they touch seems to turn to gold.' The secret of this success lies in the fact that they confidently expect to succeed. There is no need to go so far as the writers of the school of 'New Thought,' and claim that suggestion can set in motion transcendental laws outside man's own nature. It is quite clear that the man who expects success, of whatever kind it may be, will unconsciously take up the right attitude to his environment; will involuntarily close with fleeting opportunity, and by his inner fitness command the circumstances without."
