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The statement that the lowest state of a woman's character is a moment (antarmuhurt) is to be understood in relation to the possibility of falling from character due to a change in the stream of consequences in the same life. At least for the duration of an antarmuhurt, character remains. If a woman, due to the cessation of the karmic force (kshayopasham), accepts the character of complete renunciation (sarvavirati) and then, within at least an antarmuhurt, due to a change in the stream of consequences, falls from this character and becomes a non-renouncer (avirata) with right faith (samyagdristi) or falls into the state of false belief (mithyatvagunasthan), then, from this perspective, the lowest state of character is for the duration of an antarmuhurt. Or, even if death occurs after accepting character, the possibility of an antarmuhurt in the state of non-negligent restraint (aprammatasanyatagunasthan) is also consistent from another perspective.
Here, by practice of religion (dharmacharan), one should understand renunciation of the world (deshaviriti), not complete renunciation (sarvavirati). Renunciation of the world is also only for an antarmuhurt, even from the lowest state, because there are many types of renunciation of the world.
One might question why, even with the possibility of both types of character, only renunciation of the world is accepted. The answer is that complete renunciation is usually preceded by renunciation of the world, and this is why it is accepted. The elder teachers have said that "after attaining right faith (samyaktva), the attainment of the state of a lay follower (shravakatva) and the cessation or destruction of the karmic force that obscures character (charitramohaniya) occur after a period of time equal to a moment (palyopam) or a moment (prithaktva), which is like a number of oceans (sagaropama)."
The highest state of character is said to be the state of the first koti (deshonpurvakoti). Before the age of eight years, there are no consequences of character. After the age of eight years, if one accepts character and maintains it without falling from it until the last antarmuhurt of the first koti, then it is said to be the highest state of character. By reducing the duration of the period to eight years, the state of women is described in relation to the highest state of character. The first koti refers to one crore (one hundred million) previous lives. The measure of a previous life is as follows: one previous life is equal to 70,560,000,000,000 years (70,56000,0000000 = seventy trillion, fifty-six billion).
After describing the highest state of women, the statement is made about the special state of women in the realm of karma (karmabhumik). The state of women in the realm of karma is from the lowest state to an antarmuhurt and from the highest state to three moments (palyopam).
This should be understood in the realm of Bharat and Airāvata, in the beginning (prarak) called Sushama-Sushama. In relation to character, the lowest state is an antarmuhurt and the highest state is the first koti (deshonpurvakoti). This statement is made about the general characteristics of the realm of karma. The special statement is as follows: in Bharat and Airāvata, the state of three moments (palyopam) occurs in the realm of Sushama-Sushama. In the eastern and western Videhas, the state of one moment (palyopam) is attained in the realm, and the number of oceans (sagar) is equal to the number of steps (charanovsamakhyanam).
1. When one moment (palyopam) is attained, the lay follower (savatro) is born. The number of oceans (sagar) is equal to the number of steps (charanovsamakhyanam).
2. The measure of a previous life (puvvasa) is indeed one hundred million (kodilakhayo). One should know that there are fifty-six thousand (chhappannang cha sahasaa) previous lives (vasakodi).