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## Fourteenth Prabhruta
**The Many Causes of Darkness and Sin**
**A.**
1. **Question:** What are the many causes of sin?
**Answer:** The many causes of sin are on the side of sin.
2. **Question:** How are the many causes of sin on the side of sin?
**Answer:** The many causes of sin are on the side of darkness.
3. **Question:** How are the many causes of sin on the side of darkness?
**Answer:** When the moon is waning, there are 48 muhutas and 64 parts of a muhuta, and the moon is waning in those 64 parts. For example, the first part is waning in the first part, the second part is waning in the second part, and so on until the 15th part is waning in the 15th part. Thus, the many causes of sin are on the side of darkness.
4. **Question:** How many are the many causes of sin?
**Answer:** They are countless.
**B.**
1. **Question:** What are the many causes of darkness?
**Answer:** The many causes of darkness are on the side of darkness.
2. **Question:** How are the many causes of darkness on the side of darkness?
**Answer:** The many causes of darkness are on the side of sin.
3. **Question:** How are the many causes of darkness on the side of sin?
**Answer:** When the moon is waning, there are 48 muhutas and 64 parts of a muhuta, and the moon is waning in those 64 parts. For example, the first part is waning in the first part, the second part is waning in the second part, and so on until the 15th part is waning in the 15th part. Thus, the many causes of darkness are on the side of sin.
4. **Question:** How many are the many causes of darkness?
**Answer:** They are countless.
**Note:** The meaning of Sutra 79 in the Surya Prajnapti Prabhruta 13 and Sutra 82 in the Surya Prajnapti Prabhruta 14 is the same. The only difference is that Sutra 79 speaks of the "decrease and increase of the moon," while Sutra 82 speaks of the "increase of moonlight and darkness." However, the decrease and increase of the moon leads to the increase of moonlight and darkness.