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Zero Positions :
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The living beings with masculine libido and undertaking subsidence and destruction of karmas do not have ten group transition positions consisting of the groups of 14, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 species. (These positions are zero positions there). They have only 13 transition positions consisting of 13, 12, 11, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 species.
The living beings engaged in the first passion of anger do not have the seven group transition positions consisting of the groups of 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 2 and 1 species.
(These positions are zero positions there. They have 16 transition positions consisting of 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 4 and 3 species).
The living beings engaged in the second passion of pride do not have four successive transition position consisting of the groups of 7, 6, 5 and 1 spccies. These positions are known as zero position there. (They have 19 transition positions as per verse 46. The two other passions do not have any zero transitions).
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