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[Twenty-third Karma-pada] [55 [1702-57 U.] Gautama! Its inferior and superior states have been said to be like the Koḍakoḍī Sagaropama. [58] And where there is one part of the Sagaropama, there the superior state is ten Koḍakoḍī Sagaropama and the unobstructed time is ten hundred (one thousand) years. And where there are two parts of the Sagaropama, there the superior state is twenty Koḍakoḍī Sagaropama and the unobstructed time is twenty hundred (two thousand) years. 1702-58] Where (the inferior state is like the Sagaropama): one part, there the superior state is ten Koḍakoḍī Sagaropama and the unobstructed time is ten hundred (one thousand) years. And where (the inferior state is like the Sagaropama): two parts, there the superior state is twenty Koḍakoḍī Sagaropama and the unobstructed time is twenty hundred (two thousand) years. 1703. [1] Ucchāgoyassa puccha. Gotama! Jahaṇṇaṁ aṭṭa muhutta, ukkosenaṁ dasa sagarovamkoḍakoḍīo; dasa ya vāssasayāī abāhā. [1703-1 Pr.] Bhagavan! How long is the state of the Ucchāgotranāmakarma said to be? [1703-1 U.] Gautama! Its inferior state is eight muhūrta and its superior state is ten Koḍakoḍī Sagaropama and its unobstructed time is ten hundred years. [2] Goyāgoyassa puccha. Gotama! Jaha apasastavihayagatiṇāmassā. [1703.2 Pr.] Bhagavan! Question regarding the state of the Nīcagotranāmakarma? [1703-2 U.] Gautama! Its state is the same as that of the Aprasastavihayogatināmakarma. 1704. Antarāiyassa ṇaṁ. Puccha. Gotama! Jahaṇeṇaṁ antomuhuttaṁ, ukkosenaṁ tīsaṁ sagarovamkoḍakoḍo pro; tiṇṇi ya vāssahasasāī abāhā, prabāhuṇiyā kammaṭhito kammaṇisege. [1704 Pr.] Bhagavan! How long is the state of the Antarāyakarma said to be? [1704 U.] Gautama! Its inferior state is antarmūhūrta and its superior state is thirty Koḍakoḍī Sagaropama and its unobstructed time is three thousand years. And the remaining karma-state after the unobstructed time is the karma-niṣekakāla. Discussion–In this section (from sū. 1697 to 1704), the inferior and superior states of the Jñānāvaraṇīya karma to the Antarāyakarma (including the original Uttaraka karma-types) have been described. Also, in the form of an explanation of an unasked question, the unobstructed time and the niṣekakāla of all these karmas have been mentioned. 1. Paṇṇavaṇāsutaṁ (original text with commentary) Bhā. 1, pp. 371 to 377.