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[156] In the same way, regarding the birth and character of humans in the Karmābhūmi, such as Bharata, Airāvata, Pūrva-Videha, and Apara-Videha, one should state the difference between the inferior and the superior. The difference between the birth of a common human in the Akarmābhūmi and a human in the Karmābhūmi is ten thousand years at the most, because after death, he is born in the inferior category of gods, and from there, he may be born again in the Karmābhūmi as a male or female, and then again as a human in the Akarmābhūmi. The statement that he is born in the Karmābhūmi in between is made because a living being does not directly become a human or a five-sensed animal in the Akarmābhūmi after being born in the Devaloka. The difference from the superior is the duration of a Vanaspathikalpa.
Regarding the duration of the Sanhāra, the difference between the inferior and the superior is an Antarmūhurta (in the case of being taken from the Akarmābhūmi to the Karmābhūmi, after being taken in the Antarmūhurta, due to the change in intellect, he is brought back to the same place) and a Vanaspathikalpa from the superior. After the passage of this time, the Sanhāra also takes place according to the rule, just like the birth in the Akarmābhūmi. In the same way, one should state the difference between the inferior and the superior in terms of birth and Sanhāra in the Akarmābhūmi such as Haimavata, Hairanyavata, etc.
Similarly, one should state the difference between the inferior and the superior in terms of the duration of the Vaktvyata of a human in the Antarvīpaka-Karmābhūmi, as before. After stating the difference between humans, the Sūtrakara states the difference between the Devapurusha, saying that the difference between a common Devapurusha and a superior Devapurusha is an Antarmūhurta from the inferior and a Vanaspathikalpa from the superior.
The difference of an Antarmūhurta is stated because after being born in the Devaloka, he may be born again in the womb of a human after completing the Paryāpti and then, after death, he may be born again in the Devaloka due to his previous determination. The difference from the superior is the duration of a Vanaspathikalpa. In this way, one should state the difference between the gods from the Asurakumāra up to the Sahasrāra (thousandth) Devaloka. The difference between the god of the Prānatakalpa (ninth Devaloka) and the inferior is a Varshāprthaktva.
Because a living being who has been born in the Ānata, etc., Kalpas, and then born again in the Prānatakalpa, etc., can only be born there with a character (Chāritra) according to the rule (in the Manushya-bhava). No living being can be born in the Ānata, etc., Kalpas without a character. The character does not develop before the age of eight years, therefore, the term Varshāprthaktva is used to indicate the difference of eight years. The difference from the superior is the duration of a Vanaspathikalpa.
The difference between the Anuttaroppapātika Kalpātita Devapurusha and the inferior is a Varshāprthaktva, and from the superior, it is a Sankhyeya Sāgara, which is slightly more than the Varshāprthaktva. The difference in the number of Sāgaras should be understood in terms of the birth in the other Vaimānika Devalokas and the birth in the Manushya-bhavas. Although this statement is generally applicable to all Anuttaroppapātika Devalokas, it should be understood in relation to the Vijay, Vaijayanta, Jayanta, and Aparājita Vimānas, because the birth in the Sarvārthasiddha Vimāna happens only once, therefore, there is no possibility of a difference.
The Vṛttikāra, while mentioning a different opinion regarding the difference, says that the difference between the gods from the Bhavanavāsī up to the Iśāna Devaloka is an Antarmūhurta from the inferior, and from the Sanatkumāra up to the Sahasrāra, etc.