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flow. Jñānāvaraṇīya, darganāvaraṇīya and antarāya have a little more quantity of kārmic particles that flow in; but they have equal share. Mohanīya karma gets more quantity and the vedaniya karma bas still more, in other words vedaniya karina gets the greatest share. These pradegas are again distinguished on the basis of consequential effects (uttarapraksti) and these varying degrees of pradeśakarma depend on the corresponding varying degrees of the influx of kārmic particles of their nature.
KARMA-BANDHA
We have already seen that the kārmic particles (karma vargaņās) pervade every point in the universe. Individual soul is constantly in activity through the mind, speech and body. Due to these activities motivated and accompanied by kaşāyas attract infinite number of particles of karma vargaņās into the soul. In the case of the ekendriyas (one-sensed organisms) influx is of six directions. But if there are obstructions it would have influxes from three, four or five directions. But in the case of all other jīvas the influx of karma is from all directions. With reference to the kşetra (space), the jīva can attract the kārmic particles from the area where it exists itself but the kārmic particles outside this sphere of extension would not be attracted. We should realise that the variation in the quantity of the influx of karma depends on the variations in the types of activity. If the activity is slow, the influx of kārmic particles also would be slow. This is called in the āgamic language, pradeśabandha. In other words, the ātman has numberless pradesas (space points). On each pradeśa, there would be glued infinite number of kārmic particles and this karmı pradeśa in the space point of a soul is called pradega
1 (a) Uttarādhyayana 32, 18.
(b) Bhagavati, šataka 17, uddeśā 4. 2 (a) Visesāvasyaka bhāşya, gāthā 1941, p. 117, II Pt.
(b) Pancasangraha 284.
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