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THE MINIMUM LIFETIME OF DEVAS
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32. Above Arana and Acyuta, in Navagraiveyakas, Vijaya, etc. and Sarvārthasiddhi, it is more and more by one sāgara.
"More' is supplied. It must be taken thus, that is 'more by one and one'. Why is nine mentioned ? It is in order to indicate that in each Graiveyaka the lifetime is more by one sāgara. Otherwise, the increase in the nine Graiveyakas would be only one. In Vijayādişu the word 'ādi' denotes kinds. By this the anudiśas are included. Sarvārthasiddhi is mentioned separately, as there is no minimum. This is the purport. In the lower Graiveyakas twenty-three in the first, twenty-four in the second, and twenty-five in the third. In the middle Graiveyakas twenty-six in the first, twenty-seven in the second and twenty-eight in the third. In the upper Graiveyakas twentynine in the first, thirty in the second and thirty-one in the third. In Anudišavimānas thirty-two. In Vijaya and the others the maximum duration of life is thirty-three sägaropamas. In Sarvārthasiddhi thirty-three only (no minimum). The minimum is mentioned next.
अपरा पल्योपममधिकम Aparā palyopamamadhi kam
(33) 33. The minimum is a little over one palyopama.
Palyopama has been explained. Aparā is the minimum duration of life. A little orar palyopama. Of whom? Of Saudharma and Aiśāna devas. How is it implied ? From the next sutra.
The minimum of the rest is mentioned next.
परतः परतः पूर्वापूर्वाऽनन्तराः ll 38 11
Parataḥ parataḥ pūrvā pūrvānantarāḥ (34) 34. The maximum of the immediately preceding is the minimum of the next one (kalpa).
Parata' means higher up. The repetition indicates succession. Similarly with regard to lower down. 'More' is supplied. By this it must be taken thus. It has been said that the maximum lifetime in Saudharma and Aiśāna is a little over two sāgaropamas. That is the minimum lifetime in Sānatkumāra and Mahendra. The maximum lifetime of devas in
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