I shall now in due order explain the eight kinds of deeds, bound by which the soul is held fast in the bondage of worldly life. (1)

The eight kinds of deeds are briefly the following:

1 that which acts as an obstruction to right knowledge;

2 that which acts as an obstruction to right faith;

3 that which leads to experiencing pain or pleasure;

4 that which leads to delusion;

5 that which determines the length of life;

6 that which determines the name or individuality of the embodied soul;

7 that which determines his family;

8 that which prevents one's entrance on the path that leads to eternal bliss. (2, 3)

1 Obstruction of knowledge is fivefold, namely obstruction to:

a. knowledge derived from the sacred books;

b. perception;

c. supernatural knowledge;

d. knowledge of the thoughts of other people;

e. the highest, unlimited knowledge. (4)

2 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. (5, 6)

3 The deed that leads to experience is twofold, pleasure and pain; there are many subdivisions of pleasure and so there are of pain also. (7)

4 The deed that leads to delusion is twofold as referring to faith and to conduct; the first is threefold, the second twofold. (8)

The three kinds referring to faith are: 1. right faith; 2. wrong faith; 3. faith partly right and partly wrong. (9)

The two kinds referring to conduct are: 1. 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 is sixteenfold, the second sevenfold or ninefold. (11)

5 The deed that determines life is fourfold as referring to 1. denizens of hell; 2. brute creation; 3. men; 4. angels. (12)

6 The deed that determines name is twofold, good and bad; there are many subdivisions of the good variety, and so there are of the bad one also. (13)

7 The deed that determines family is twofold, high and low; the first is eightfold, and so is the second also. (14)

8 The obstacle is fivefold as preventing: 1. gifts; 2. profit; 3. momentary enjoyment; 4. continuous enjoyment; and 5. power. (15)

Thus the division of deeds and the subdivisions have been told.

Now hear their number of atoms, place, time, and development. (16)

The number of atoms of every kind of deed is infinite; it is infinitely greater than the number of fettered souls, but less than that of the perfected ones. (17)

The burden of deeds in the six directions of space binds all souls, and it binds the whole soul in all its parts in every possible way. (18)

The longest duration is thirty crores of crores of ocean-measures, and the shortest a part of a muhurta. (19)

This holds good with both kinds of obstruction, with the deed that leads to experience and with the obstacle. (20)

The longest duration of the deed that leads to delusion is seventy crores of crores of ocean-measures, and the shortest a part of a muhurta. (21)

The longest duration of the deed that determines life is thirty-three crores of crores of ocean-measures, and the shortest a part of a muhurta. (22)

The longest duration of the deeds that determine name and family is twenty crores of crores of ocean-measures, and the shortest eight muhurtas. (23)

The number of perfected souls is infinite, and that of the subdivisions of deeds is also infinite; the 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 deeds, and should exert himself to prevent and to destroy them. (25)

Thus I say.