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## Second Chapter: The State of Striveda [145]
**The State of Striveda** [51]
"O Lord! How long is the bondage state of Striveda karma?"
"Gautama! The lowest state of Striveda is less than an innumerable part of a Palya by the seventh part of one and a half Sagara. The highest state of Striveda is fifteen Kodakodi Sagara. The period of non-obstruction is fifteen hundred years. The state of karma that is devoid of the period of non-obstruction is the one that is experienced, and therefore it is the Karma-nisheka (the creation of karma-dalis)."
"O Lord! How is Striveda described?"
"Gautama! Striveda is like the fire of Fufu (the fire of the forest)."
Thus, the rights of women are fulfilled. The experience of the Striveda karma arises from the experience of the Striveda karma. Therefore, the proof of the lowest and highest states of Striveda karma is presented in this sutra.
Gautama Swami asked, "O Lord! How long is the bondage state of Striveda?"
In response, the Lord said, "The lowest bondage state of Striveda is less than an innumerable part of a Palya by the seventh part of one and a half Sagara."
The method of bringing about the lowest state is as follows: In the highest state of bondage of a particular nature, the amount obtained by dividing the highest state of Mithyatva by seventy Kodakodi Sagara, and then subtracting an innumerable part of a Palya from it, is the lowest state of that nature.
The highest state of Striveda is fifteen Kodakodi Sagara. When we divide it by seventy Kodakodi Sagara, we get twenty-four Kodakodi Sagara. According to the principle of Chhedya-Chhedaka, dividing this amount by ten gives us "Kodakodi Sagara" as the state. Subtracting an innumerable part of a Palya from this gives us the aforementioned state.
This explanation is according to the original commentary. According to the Panchasangraha, the magnitude of the lowest state is the same, only it should not be said that it is less than an innumerable part of a Palya.
The Karma-prakriti Sangrahani-kara has described another method of bringing about the lowest state.
"From the statement, 'The amount obtained by the highest state of Mithyatva is less than an innumerable part of a Palya' - Karma-prakriti Sangraha.
"The amount obtained by the highest state of Mithyatva is less than an innumerable part of a Palya."
"The remainder is less than an innumerable part of a Palya." - Karma-prakriti Sangraha.