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[172] [The Sutra of Jivaji's Approach] A human being who is a neuter (napumsaka) has a difference in time from the lowest to the highest, from an antarmukha (a very short time) to a vanaspatikala (a time as long as a tree lives). A person who practices Dharma (dharmacharan) has a difference in time from the lowest to the highest, from one moment to an infinite time, until the time of the destruction of the half-pudgala (ardha-pudgala-paravarta). / The same applies to the human being who is a neuter (napumsaka) in the realm of karma (karmabhumika), as well as the human being who is a neuter (napumsaka) in the realms of Bharata, Eravata, Purva-Videha, and Paschima-Videha. / O Venerable One! What is the difference in time for a human being who is a neuter (napumsaka) in the realm of no karma (akarmabhumika)? / Gautama! From the lowest to the highest, from an antarmukha to a vanaspatikala. / From the lowest to the highest, from an antarmukha to a vanaspatikala, and so on until the time of the destruction of the inter-island (antar-divika) neuter (napumsaka). / [59] (3) O Bhagavan! What is the difference in time for a neuter (napumsaka)? / Gautama! From the lowest to the highest, from an antarmukha to a time slightly longer than a hundred sagaropama (a time as long as a sea) / O Bhagavan! What is the difference in time for a neuter (napumsaka) in the realm of hell (nairyika)? / Gautama! From the lowest to the highest, from an antarmukha to a vanaspatikala. / The difference in time for a neuter (napumsaka) in the realm of hell (nairyika) on the earth of Ratnaprabaha (ratnaprabaha-prithvi) is from the lowest to the highest, from an antarmukha to a vanaspatikala. / The same should be said for the neuter (napumsaka) in the realm of hell (nairyika) on the seventh earth below (adha-saptama-prithvi). / The difference in time for a neuter (napumsaka) in the realm of animals (tiryak-yoni) is from the lowest to the highest, from an antarmukha to a time slightly longer than a hundred sagaropama. / The difference in time for a neuter (napumsaka) in the realm of animals (tiryak-yoni) with one sense (ekendriya) is from the lowest to the highest, from an antarmukha to a time slightly longer than two thousand sagaropama, which is the number of years in a kalpa. / The difference in time for a neuter (napumsaka) in the realm of fire (tejas-kaya) and air (vayu-kaya) is from the lowest to the highest, from an antarmukha to a vanaspatikala. / The difference in time for a neuter (napumsaka) in the realm of plants (vanaspati-kaya) is from the lowest to the highest, from an antarmukha to an infinite time, as long as an infinite number of worlds (asankeya-loka). / The difference in time for the remaining neuters (napumsaka) with two senses (dwindriya) and so on, up to the neuters (napumsaka) in the realm of celestial beings (khechara), is from the lowest to the highest, from an antarmukha to a vanaspatikala. / The difference in time for a human being who is a neuter (napumsaka) is from the lowest to the highest, from an antarmukha to a vanaspatikala, depending on the realm (kshetra). / The difference in time for a human being who is a neuter (napumsaka) is from the lowest to the highest, from one moment to an infinite time, depending on the practice of Dharma (dharmacharan), until the time of the destruction of the half-pudgala (ardha-pudgala-paravarta). / The same applies to the human being who is a neuter (napumsaka) in the realm of karma (karmabhumika), as well as the human being who is a neuter (napumsaka) in the realms of Bharata, Eravata, Purva-Videha, and Paschima-Videha. / O Venerable One! What is the difference in time for a human being who is a neuter (napumsaka) in the realm of no karma (akarmabhumika)? / Gautama! From the lowest to the highest, from an antarmukha to a vanaspatikala. / From the lowest to the highest, from an antarmukha to a vanaspatikala, and so on until the time of the destruction of the inter-island (antar-divika) neuter (napumsaka). / After explaining the state of existence (bhavasthiti) and the state of the body (kayasthiti) of the neuters (napumsaka), this Sutra describes their...