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THE MAXIMUM LIFETIME OF DEVAS
'More' is the governing rule. Up to what does it apply? Up to Sahasrara. How is this ascertained? From the particle 'tu' in the later sutra. It follows that the lifetime of Saudharma and Aisana devas is a little over two sagaropamas.
What is the lifetime of the next two?
सानत्कुमारमाहेन्द्रयोः सप्त
Sānatkumāramahendrayoḥ sapta
30. In Sanatkumāra and Mahendra seven.
The maximum lifetime of devas in these two kalpas is a little over seven sagaropamas.
The lifetime of devas from Brahmaloka to Acyuta Kalpa is indicated next.
त्रिसप्तनवैकादशत्रयोदशपञ्चदशभिरधिकानि तु ॥ ३१ ॥
Trisaptanavai kādaśatrayodaśapañcadaśabhiradhi
kāni lu
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31. But more by three, seven, nine, eleven, thirteen and fifteen.
॥ ३० ॥
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Seven is the subject in hand. It is added to three etc. Three added to seven, seven added to seven, and so on. Similarly, these must be taken with two, two kalpas. 'Tu' is intended to indicate particularity. What particularity does it indicate? 'A little over' supplied from the previous sutra (29) is taken only with the first four and not the last two. It is as follows. The lifetime of devas in Brahma and Brahmoilara is a little over ten sāgaropamas, that of devas in Läntava and Kapiṣṭha a little over fourteen, that of devas in Sukra and Mahaśukra a little over sixteen, that of devas in Satāra and Sahasrāra a little over eighteen sägaropamas, that of devas in Anata and Pranata twenty sägaropamas, and that of devas in Arana and Acyuta twenty-two sāgaropamas.
The lifetime of the rest is mentioned next.
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