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पुरुषार्थसिद्ध्युपाय
The four kinds of bondage Āchārya Umasvami’s Tattvārthsūtra: प्रकृतिस्थित्यनुभवप्रदेशास्तद्विधयः॥
(Ch. 8 -3
[तत्] उस बन्ध के [प्रकृतिस्थित्यनुभवप्रदेशाः] प्रकृतिबन्ध, स्थितिबन्ध, अनुभागबन्ध और प्रदेशबन्ध [विधयः] ये चार भेद हैं।
Bondage is of four kinds according to the nature or species of karma, duration of karma, fruition of karma, and the quantity of space-points of karma.
Achārya Pujyapada's Sarvārthasiddhi:
"Prakrti' is nature. What is the nature of the margosa? Bitterness. What is the nature of molasses? Sweetness. Similarly, what is the nature of knowledge-obscuring karmas? Non-comprehension of objects. What is the nature of perception-covering karmas? Non-perception of objects. The feeling-producing karmas cause pleasant and unpleasant feeling. The faith-deluding karmas cause disbelief in the true nature of reality. The conduct-deluding karmas cause nonabstinence (indiscipline or want of restraint). The lifedetermining karma determines the span of life in a particular condition of existence of a living being. The name-karmas decide the names such as infernal beings, human beings, celestial beings and animals. The status-determining karmas determine high and low status. And obstructive karmas stand in the way of giving, gaining and enjoyment and so on. These must be defined.
That, which is the cause of such happenings or experiences, is ‘Prakrti', that is nature. Not falling off from its nature is duration. For instance, the retention of the sweetness of the milk of the goat, the cow, or the buffalo, is its duration.
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