Uttarajjhayana 33

33.1

aṭṭha kammāiṃ vocchāmi ānupuvviṃ jahakkamaṃ |
jehiṃ baddho ayaṃ jīvo saṃsāre parivattae ||

I shall explain the eight karmas / in succession, according to their order, / bound by which this soul / revolves in the cycle of rebirth:

33.2

nāṇassāvaraṇijjaṃ daṃsaṇāvaraṇaṃ tahā |
veyaṇijjaṃ tahā mohaṃ āukammaṃ taheva ya ||

Knowledge-obscuring, and likewise faith-obscuring, / feeling-producing, and delusion-producing, / and likewise life-span karma,

The eight kinds of Karman are briefly the following:
Gñânâvaranîya (which acts as an obstruction to right knowledge);
Darsanâvaranîya (which acts as an obstruction to right faith);
Vêdanîya (which leads to experiencing pain or pleasure);
Môhanîya (which leads to delusion);
Âyuhkarman (which determines the length of life);
Nâman (which determines the name or individuality of the embodied soul);
Gôtra (which determines his Gôtra);
Antarâya (which prevents one's entrance on the path that leads to eternal bliss).

33.3

nāmakammaṃ ca goyaṃ ca aṃtarāyaṃ taheva ya |
evameyāi kammāiṃ aṭṭheva u samāsao ||

name karma, and lineage karma, / and likewise obstruction karma; / thus these are the karmas, / precisely eight in brief.

33.4

nāṇāvaraṇaṃ paṃcavihaṃ suyaṃ ābhiṇibohiyaṃ |
ohināṇaṃ taiyaṃ maṇanāṇaṃ ca kevalaṃ ||

Knowledge-obscuring is of five kinds: scriptural, sensory, / clairvoyant knowledge as the third, / telepathic knowledge, and omniscient [knowledge].

Obstruction of knowledge is fivefold (viz. obstruction to): a. Sruta, knowledge derived from the sacred books; b. Âbhinibôdhika, perception; c. Avadhigñâna, supernatural knowledge; d. Manahparyâya, knowledge of the thoughts of other people; e. Kêvala, the highest, unlimited knowledge.

33.5

niddā taheva payalā niddāniddā ya payalapayalā ya |
tatto ya thīṇagiddhī u paṃcamā hoi nāyavvā ||

Light sleep, likewise deep sleep, / sleep-sleep, and deep sleep-deep sleep; / and after that, somnambulism / should be known as the fifth.

The nine kinds of obstruction to right faith are: 1. sleep; 2. activity; 3. very deep sleep; 4. a high degree of activity; 5. a state of deep-rooted greed; 6-9 refer to faith in the objects of the first three and the last kinds of knowledge.

33.6

cakkhumacakkhuohissa daṃsaṇe kevale ya āvaraṇe |
evaṃ tu navavigappaṃ nāyavvaṃ daṃsaṇāvaraṇaṃ ||

Obscuring ocular, non-ocular, / and clairvoyant faith, and omniscient [faith]; / thus faith-obscuring karma / should be known to be of nine varieties.

33.7

veyaṇīyaṃ pi ya duvihaṃ sāyamasāyaṃ ca āhiyaṃ |
sāyassa u bahū bheyā emeva asāyassa vi ||

Feeling-producing karma is also taught to be of two kinds: / pleasant and unpleasant; / of the pleasant there are many divisions, / and likewise of the unpleasant too.

Vêdanîya is twofold, pleasure and pain; there are many subdivisions of pleasure and so there are of pain also.

33.8

mohaṇijjaṃ pi duvihaṃ daṃsaṇe caraṇe tahā |
daṃsaṇe tivihaṃ vuttaṃ caraṇe duvihaṃ bhave ||

Delusion-producing karma is also of two kinds: / relating to faith and likewise to conduct; / regarding faith it is said to be of three kinds, / regarding conduct it is of two kinds.

Môhanîya is twofold as referring to faith and to conduct; the first is threefold, the second twofold.

33.9

sammattaṃ ceva micchattaṃ sammāmicchattameva ya |
eyāo tinni payaḍīo mohaṇijjassa daṃsaṇe ||

Right view, false view, / and right-and-false view; / these are the three nature-types / of delusion-producing karma regarding faith.

33.10

carittamohaṇaṃ kammaṃ duvihaṃ tu viyāhiyaṃ |
kasāyamohaṇijjaṃ tu nokasāyaṃ taheva ya ||

Conduct-deluding karma / is expounded as of two kinds: / passion-deluding karma, / and quasi-passion-deluding karma.

33.11

solasavihabheeṇaṃ kammaṃ tu kasāyajaṃ |
sattavihaṃ navavihaṃ vā kammaṃ nokasāyajaṃ ||

Karma born of passions / has sixteen varieties; / karma born of quasi-passions / is of seven kinds or of nine kinds.

33.12

neraiyatirikkhāu manussāu taheva ya |
devāuyaṃ cautthaṃ tu āukammaṃ cauvvihaṃ ||

Infernal life-span, animal life-span, / and human life-span, / and divine life-span as the fourth; / life-span karma is of four kinds.

33.13

nāmaṃ kammaṃ tu duvihaṃ suhamasuhaṃ ca āhiyaṃ |
suhassa u bahū bheyā emeva asuhassa vi ||

Name karma is taught to be of two kinds: / auspicious and inauspicious; / of the auspicious there are many divisions, / and likewise of the inauspicious too.

Nâman is twofold, good and bad; there are many subdivisions of the good variety, and so there are of the bad one also.

33.14

goyaṃ kammaṃ duvihaṃ uccaṃ nīyaṃ ca āhiyaṃ |
uccaṃ aṭṭhavihaṃ hoi evaṃ nīyaṃ pi āhiyaṃ ||

Lineage karma is taught to be of two kinds: / high and low; / high is of eight kinds, / and low is likewise taught [to be of eight kinds].

Gôtra is twofold, high and low; the first is eightfold, and so is the second also.

33.15

dāne lābhe ya bhoge ya uvabhoge vīrie tahā |
paṃcavihamaṃtarāyaṃ samāseṇa viyāhiyaṃ ||

Regarding giving, obtaining, enjoyment, / repeated enjoyment, and energy; / obstruction karma is expounded / briefly as of five kinds.

Antarâya is fivefold as preventing: 1. gifts; 2. profit; 3. momentary enjoyment; 4. continuous enjoyment; and 5. power.

33.16

eyāo mūlapayaḍīo uttarāo ya āhiyā |
paesaggaṃ khettakāle ya bhāvaṃ cāduttaraṃ suṇa ||

These primary nature-types / and secondary types have been declared; / listen further to the quantity of space-points, / realm, time, and quality.

33.17

savvesiṃ ceva kammāṇaṃ paesaggamaṇaṃtagaṃ |
gaṃṭhiyasattāīyaṃ aṃto siddhāṇa āhiyaṃ ||

The quantity of space-points of all the karmas / is infinite; / exceeding the souls of the world-cycle, / it is declared to be within the perfected souls.

33.18

savvajīvāṇa kammaṃ tu saṃgahe chaddisāgayaṃ |
savvesu vi paesesu savvaṃ savveṇa baddhagaṃ ||

The karma of all souls, / in its collection, comes from the six directions; / in all space-points / all is bound with all.

33.19

udahīsarināmāṇaṃ tīsaī koḍikoḍio |
ukkosiyā ṭhiī hoi aṃtomuhuttaṃ jahanniyā ||

Thirty crore-crores of ocean-measured [years] / is the maximum duration, [and] an antarmuhūrta is the minimum.

33.20

āvaraṇijjāṇa duṇhaṃ pi veyaṇijje taheva ya |
aṃtarāe ya kammammi ṭhiī esā viyāhiyā ||

For both of the obscuring [karmas], likewise for the feeling-producing [karma], / and for the obstructive karma, this duration is proclaimed.

33.21

udahīsarināmāṇaṃ sattariṃ koḍikoḍio |
mohanijjassa ukkosā aṃtomuhuttaṃ jahanniyā ||

Seventy crore-crores of ocean-measured [years] / is the maximum for the deluding [karma], [and] an antarmuhūrta is the minimum.

33.22

tettīsa sāgarovamā ukkoseṇa viyāhiyā |
ṭhiī u āukammassa aṃtomuhuttaṃ jahanniyā ||

Thirty-three ocean-measured [years] are proclaimed as the maximum / duration for the lifespan karma, [and] an antarmuhūrta is the minimum.

33.23

udahīsarināmāṇaṃ vīsaī koḍikoḍio |
nāmagottāṇaṃ ukkosā aṭṭha muhuttā jahanniyā ||

Twenty crore-crores of ocean-measured [years] / is the maximum for name and lineage [karmas], [and] eight muhūrtas is the minimum.

33.24

siddhāṇanaṃtabhāgo ya anubhāgā havaṃti u |
savvesu vi paesaggaṃ savvajīvesuicchiyaṃ ||

And the degrees of fruition are an infinite fraction of the perfected souls; / in all souls, the total amount of space-points is accepted across all [karmas].

33.25

tamhā eesi kammāṇaṃ anubhāge viyāṇiyā |
eesiṃ saṃvare ceva khavaṇe ya jae buhe || –tti bemi ||

Therefore, knowing the fruitions of these karmas, / the wise person should strive for their restraint and their destruction. — Thus I say.