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[214] (Jiva-jiva-abhigamsutra) A being in the first time-period (Prathama-samaya) as a human being remains for a period less than one Ksullaka-bhava-grahana from the lowest and more than three Palya-upamas from the highest. The statement of a Deva is like that of a Nairyika. Bhagavan! For how long does a being in the first time-period (Prathama-samaya) as a Siddha remain? Gautama! For one time-period. / A being in the non-first time-period (A-prathama-samaya) as a Siddha remains forever due to being Sadi-aparyavasita. / Bhagavan! What is the difference between a Nairyika in the first time-period (Prathama-samaya) and a Nairyika in the non-first time-period (A-prathama-samaya)? Gautama! The difference is more than one Antar-muhurta and ten thousand years from the lowest and a Vanaspatika-kala from the highest. The difference for a Nairyika in the non-first time-period (A-prathama-samaya) is one Antar-muhurta from the lowest and a Vanaspatika-kala from the highest. Bhagavan! What is the difference between a Tiryanchika in the first time-period (Prathama-samaya) and a Tiryanchika in the non-first time-period (A-prathama-samaya)? Gautama! The difference is less than one time-period and two Ksullaka-bhava-grahanas from the lowest and a Vanaspatika-kala from the highest. The difference for a Tiryanchika in the non-first time-period (A-prathama-samaya) is more than one time-period and one Ksullaka-bhava-grahana from the lowest and more than one hundred Sagara-upamas from the highest. Bhagavan! What is the difference between a human being in the first time-period (Prathama-samaya) and a human being in the non-first time-period (A-prathama-samaya)? Gautama! The difference is less than one time-period and two Ksullaka-bhava-grahanas from the lowest and a Vanaspatika-kala from the highest. The difference for a human being in the non-first time-period (A-prathama-samaya) is more than one time-period and one Ksullaka-bhava-grahana from the lowest and a Vanaspatika-kala from the highest. / The difference for a Deva should be stated like that of a Nairyika. / Bhagavan! What is the difference between a Siddha in the first time-period (Prathama-samaya) and a Siddha in the non-first time-period (A-prathama-samaya)? There is no difference for a Siddha in the first time-period (Prathama-samaya). Bhagavan! What is the difference between a Siddha in the non-first time-period (A-prathama-samaya) and a Siddha in the first time-period (Prathama-samaya)? There is no difference for a Siddha in the non-first time-period (A-prathama-samaya) due to being Sadi-aparyavasita. Bhagavan! Among the Nairyikas, Tiryanchikas, human beings, Devas, and Siddhas in the first time-period (Prathama-samaya), who is less, more, equal, or superior? Gautama! The least are the Siddhas in the first time-period (Prathama-samaya), then the human beings in the first time-period (Prathama-samaya) are countless times more, then the Nairyikas in the first time-period (Prathama-samaya) are countless times more, then the Devas in the first time-period (Prathama-samaya) are countless times more, and then the Tiryanchikas in the first time-period (Prathama-samaya) are countless times more. Bhagavan! Among the Nairyikas, Tiryanchikas, human beings, Devas, and Siddhas in the non-first time-period (A-prathama-samaya), who is less, more, equal, or superior? Gautama! The least are the human beings in the non-first time-period (A-prathama-samaya), then the Nairyikas in the non-first time-period (A-prathama-samaya) are countless times more, then the Devas in the non-first time-period (A-prathama-samaya) are countless times more, then the Siddhas in the non-first time-period (A-prathama-samaya) are infinite times more, and then the Tiryanchikas in the non-first time-period (A-prathama-samaya) are infinite times more. Bhagavan! Among the Nairyikas in the first time-period (Prathama-samaya) and the Nairyikas in the non-first time-period (A-prathama-samaya), who is less, more, equal, or superior?