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[Samvayanga Sutra, Sapttati Sthanak Samvay - 345] The Bhagwan Mahavira, the great ascetic, used to observe the Vasa (rainy season retreat) for seventy days after twenty days more than four months (fifty days) of the rainy season had passed.
[Commentary] - From the first day of the dark fortnight of Shravan to the fifth day of the bright fortnight of Bhadrapad, fifty days pass. After this, according to the rules of Vasa, the ascetic would establish himself in one place. Before this, if there was no suitable place for dwelling, he would take shelter in another place.
[346] - The Arhat, the great man, the Parsva, after observing the Shraman Paryaya for seventy years, became a Siddha, a Buddha, free from karmas, attained Nirvana, and became free from all suffering.
[347] - The Arhat, the Vasupujya, was seventy Dhanu (bows) tall.
[348] - The Mohaniya karma, which is free from the period of obstruction, is said to be seventy Kodakodi Sagaropama in its state and its karmanishek.
[Commentary] - The binding of the Mohaniya karma in its excellent state is like seventy Kodakodi Sagaropama. As long as the bound karma does not come into existence and obstruct, it is called the period of obstruction. The general rule for the period of obstruction is that for a karma that binds in the state of one Kodakodi Sagaropama, the period of obstruction is one hundred years. According to this rule, when the binding is in the state of seventy Kodakodi Sagaropama, the period of obstruction is seventy hundred, that is, seven thousand years. After this period of obstruction, the remaining state becomes the karmanishek, which is fit for the karman particles to bear fruit. The order is that after the period of obstruction is complete, in the first time, many karman particles are nishekt, in the second time, fewer than that, in the third time, fewer than that. In this way, the number of karman particles that are nishekt decreases progressively, and in the last time of the state, the fewest karman particles are nishekt. These nishekt karman particles bear fruit in their own time and fall off. This arrangement is according to the karmashastras. But some Aannaryas believe that the period of obstruction for a karma is more than its bound state, so the karman particles are nishekt during the entire time of the bound state.
[349] - The Devendra, the Devraj, the Mahendra, is said to have seventy thousand Saamanik Devas.
[End of Sapttati Sthanak Samvay]