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अध्याय-८
Consequently, owing to the potency of wrong-faith, etc., which make the jīva fit to take in matter (pudgala) and, further, due to its activities (yoga), the jīva gets bound with subtle matter capable of turning into karmas and pervading the same space-points as those of the jīva. This is called bondage. Just as the mixing of several juices of barley, flowers and fruits in a vessel produces intoxicating liquor, so also matter present co-extensive with the jīva becomes transformed into karmic matter owing to the presence of activities (yoga) and passions (kaşāya). The word 'sa' is intended to exclude any other meaning of bondage. This is the only meaning of bondage, and there is no other bondage. By this the union between the substance and its qualities is refuted.
Is bondage of one kind or of several kinds?
प्रकृतिस्थित्यनुभवप्रदेशास्तद्विधयः ॥३॥ [ तत् ] उस बन्ध के [ प्रकृतिस्थित्यनुभवप्रदेशाः ] प्रकृतिबन्ध, स्थितिबन्ध, अनुभवबन्ध (अनुभागबन्ध) और प्रदेशबन्ध [विधयः ] ये चार भेद हैं।
Bondage (bandha) is of four kinds: according to the nature or species – prakrti, duration – sthiti, fruition - anubhava (or anubhāga), and the quantity of spacepoints - pradeśa.
‘Prakrti' means nature. What is the nature of the margosa? Bitterness. What is the nature of molasses? Sweetness. Similarly, what is the nature of knowledge-obscuring Gñānāvarana) karma? Noncomprehension of objects. What is the nature of perception-obscuring (darśanavarana) karma? Non-perception of objects. The feelingproducing (vedanīya) karma has the nature of pleasant (sātā) and
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