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THE NATURE OF KARMAN. I shall now in due order explain the eight kinds of Karman, bound by which the soul turns round and round in the Circle of Births, (i) The eight kinds of Karman are briefly the following : 1. G^w^n&vara«iya (which acts as an obstruction to right knowledge) ; 2. DarJandvara?iiya (which acts as an obstruc- tion to right faith) ; 3. V^daniya (which leads to experiencing pain or pleasure) ; 4. Mdhaniya (which leads to delusion); 5. Ayu/ikarman (which determines the length, df life) ; LECTURE XXXIII. 6. Ndman (which determines the name or in- dividuality of the embodied soul) • 7. G6tra (which determines his G6tra ) ; 8 . Antardya (which prevents one’s entrance on the path that leads to eternal bliss '). (2, 3) I. Obstruction of knowledge is fivefold (viz. obstruction to) : a. ^Truta, knowledge derived from the sacred books ; d. Abhinibbdhika, perception; Avadhig-jfina, supernatural knowledge ; rf. Mana^parydya, knowledge of the thoughts of other people ; <?. Kdvala, the highest, unlimited knowledge. (4) 2. The nine kinds of obstruction to right faith are : I. sleep ; 2. activity ; 3. very deep sleep; 4 - ^ degree of activityS* 5. a state of deep-rooted greed; 6~9 refer to faith in tlie objects of the first three and the last kinds of knowledge. (5> 6) 3. V^danlya is twofold, pleasure and pain; 2there are many subdivisions of pleasure and so there are of pain also. (7) r • j 4. Mdhaniya is twofold as referring to faith and to conduct ; the first is threefold, the second twofold. (8) The three kinds of Mdhaniya referring to faith are: i. right faith; 2. wrong faith; 3. faith partly right and partly wrong. (9) ‘ Compare Bhandarkar, Report, p. 93> « Nos. i-4 are nidrS. pra^alS, nidranidra, I render the etymological meaning of these wor s. means the Dipika, boiever. they have a meanmg : the state of agreeable waking; praAaia, the ^ or sitting person; nidranidrd, ® Jrg called^^akkhu sleep of a person in motion. Nos. 6 and 7 and aitakkhu, instead of abhinibbdhika an [ 46 ] O The two kinds of Mdhaniya referring to conduct are : i. what is experienced in the form of the four cardinal passions; 2. what is experienced in the form of feelings different from them. (10) The first kind of this Karman is sixteenfold, the second sevenfold or ninefold K (ii) 5. Ayushka is fourfold as referring to i. denizens . of hell; 2, brute creation; 3. men; 4. gods. (12) 6. NAman is twofold, good and bad; there are many subdivisions of the good variety, and so there are of the bad one also (i 3) 7. G6tra is twofold, high and low; the first is eightfold, and so is the second also. (14) 8. Antariya is fivefold as preventing: 1. gifts; 2. profit; 3. momentary enjoyment; 4. continuous enjoyment^ ; 3and 5. power. (15) Thus the division of Karman and the subdivisions have been told. Now hear their number of atoms ^ place, time, and development. (16) * The divisions of the second Karman are the feelings or emo- tions enumerated in the 102nd verse of the last lecture, from disgust onward. There are seven of them, if desire for women, men, or both, is reckoned as one item, but nine, if it is reckoned as liiree. The sixteen divisions of the Karman produced by the cardinal passions are arrived at by subdividing each of the four ^ passions with reference to i. anantSnubandha; 2. pratyS- kh}'dna; 3. apratydkhydna; 4. sa»z^valana. * In the Dipik& 103 subdiviaons. are enumerated j they corre- spond to om: genera. * 3. Bhdga, 4. upabhdga; bhdga is enjoyment of flowers, food, &C. ; upabhdga, that of one’s house, wife, &c. The Karman in question brings about an obstruction to the enjoyment, &c., though all other circiunstances be favourable. * The Karman is considered to consist, like other substances, of atoms, here called praddja point. The word I have translated LECTURE XXXm. The number of atoms of every Karman is infinite; it is (infinitely) greater than (the number) of fettered^ souls, but less than that of the perfected ones. (17) The Karman in the six directions of space ® binds all souls, and it binds the whole soul in all its parts in every possible way. 4(18) The longest duration (of Karman) is thirty Krores of Krores of. SSgardpam 4 s and the shortest a part of a muhflirta. (19) This holds good with both Avara/dyas, with V^dantya and Antariya. (20) The longest duration of Mdhanlya is seventy Krores of Krores of Sfigar6pam&s, and the shortest a part of a muhllrta. (21) The longest duration of Ayushka is thirty-three Krores of Krores of Sigardpamds, and the shortest a part of a muhdrta. (22) The longest duration of Ndman and Gdtra is twenty Krores of Krores of S^gar6pam&s, and the shortest eight muhfirtas. (23) The number of perfected souls is infinite, and that number of atoms is pa 6 saggaCT=»pra( 36 j&grara, vfhic » rendered paramfi/»upariniS«a. * Ga«/^iyasatta=granthigasattva. ^ ® The six directions of space are the four cardinal ^ and nadir. The commentators quote scripture foat nr , or beings with one organ of sense, are bound by Karman m and more directions. The true meaning of this se beyond my grasp. — ^The Dipikd explains how Karman ac soul. The soul absorbs all material particles of a sui a (especially the karmapudgalas) with which it comes ^ g Le all /at ata in the name apace adth the .eel , and them in the form of ^SnSvaranlya, &c., just as fire thing within its reach, but nothing beyond it. * I.e. 3,000,000,000,000,000 SSgardpamas. uttarAdhyavana. of the subdivisions of Karman ' is also (infinite) ; 5the number of atoms in all these (subdivisions) exceeds (the number) of all souls. (24) Therefore a wise man should know the different subdivisions of these Karmans, and should exert himself to prevent and to destroy them. (25) Thus I say. ‹Previous chapterUttaradhyayana Sutra 32Next chapterUttaradhyayana Sutra 34›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public-domain 1895 English translation