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## Second Chapter: Nine Types of Minor and Major [181]
The uninterrupted period (abādhākāla) for the Nāpusaka Veda is 2000 years. The karma-niṣeka (fructification of karma) occurs from the state that is less than the uninterrupted period, meaning the creation of karma-dalikas (karmic particles) that are capable of experiencing.
O Bhagavan! How is the experience of the Nāpusaka Veda?
O Āyushmān Śramaṇa Gautama! It is said to be like the burning of a great city (like the burning fire of desire in all states).
The discussion in this sūtra refers to the state of bondage (bandhasthiti) of the Nāpusaka Veda. There are two types of states: 1. State of bondage and 2. State capable of experiencing (capable of coming into udāya-avali kā).
The state of bondage of the Nāpusaka Veda is 3 parts of a sāgaropama (ocean-like) less than an innumerable part of a palyopama (mountain-like). The superior state is of twenty kodakodi sāgaropama.
Here, the method of obtaining the inferior state, which has been mentioned earlier, should be kept in mind. It is as follows:
The state of any nature is obtained by subtracting an innumerable part of a palyopama from the amount obtained by dividing the superior state of mithyātva (false belief) of that nature by seventy kodakodi sāgaropama.
Here, the superior state of the Nāpusaka Veda is twenty kodakodi sāgaropama. Dividing it by seventy kodakodi (zero divided by zero) results in a sāgaropama quotient. Subtracting an innumerable part of a palyopama from this results in the inferior state of the Nāpusaka Veda.
The uninterrupted period (abādhākāla) of the Nāpusaka Veda is two thousand years. The rule for obtaining the uninterrupted period is that the uninterrupted period of a karma-prakriti (karmic nature) is one hundred years for every kodakodi sāgaropama of its superior state. The uninterrupted period of the Nāpusaka Veda, which has a superior state of twenty kodakodi sāgaropama, is twenty hundred years, i.e., two thousand years.
The state that remains after subtracting the uninterrupted period from the state of bondage is the one that gives its fruit to the jīva (living being), i.e., it experiences it in udāya (arising). Therefore, the karma-niṣeka (fructification of karma) occurs from the remaining state that is less than the uninterrupted period, meaning the creation of karma-dalikas (karmic particles) that are capable of experiencing. The karma-dalikas begin to arise in udāya (arising).
After the question regarding the state of bondage of the Nāpusaka Veda, Gautama Svāmī asked how the experience of the Nāpusaka Veda is. In response, the Lord said, "O Āyushmān Śramaṇa Gautama! The experience of the Nāpusaka Veda is like the burning of a great city. Just as the flames of a fire that has spread throughout a great city burn for a long time and are intense, so too is the fire of desire of the Nāpusaka intense and burns for a long time. It remains intense in all states, from beginning to middle to end."
Thus, the chapter on the Nāpusaka is complete.
Nine Types of Minor and Major _62. [1] "O Bhagavan! In women, men, and Nāpusakas, what is considered minor, major, equal, or special?"