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THE KARMAS WHICH CONSTITUTE DEMERIT
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in their right places (nirmāna), the status of a Tirtham kara, high status and pleasant feeling.
अतोऽन्यत्पापम् Ato(a)nуаtpарат
(26) 26. The remaining varieties of karma constitute demerit.
The karmas which do not come under the group specified as merit constitute demerit. These are eighty-two in number. Five kinds of knowledge-obscuring karmas, nine kinds of perception-obscuring karmas, twenty-six varieties of deluding karmas, five kinds of obstructive karmas, the infernal state of existence, the animal state of existence, the four classes of beings (beings with one, two, three and four senses respectively), the five kinds of structure of the body, the five kinds of joints, inauspicious colour, odour, taste and touch, movement of the soul towards the place of infernal birth, impelling the soul towards the place of animal birth, self-annihilation, awkward motion, one-sensed body, subtle body, incomplete development of organs and faculties, common body, infirmness of limbs, ugliness, bad looks (causing disgust or loathing), ill-sounding voice, lustreless body and disgrace. The namekarmas are thirty-four. Unpleasant feeling-producing karma, infernal life-karma and low status-determining karma are three. Thus bondage has been explained in detail. These can be perceived directly by clairvoyance, telepathy and omniscience, and can be understood from the scriptures taught by those possessed of direct knowledge.
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