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[1721 Q.] O Bhagavan! How long do the two-sense beings bind the knowledge-obscuring karma? [1721 A.] Gautama! They bind it for a period less than fifty ocean-lengths by an immeasurable fraction of a moment-length in the lowest case, and in the highest case, they bind it for the full amount. Thus, for whatever fraction they bind it, it should be said along with fifty ocean-lengths. 1722. [1722 Q.] O Bhagavan! How long do the three-sense beings bind the false-belief-producing karma? [1722 A.] Gautama! They bind it for a period less than fifty ocean-lengths by an immeasurable fraction of a moment-length in the lowest case, and in the highest case, they bind it for the full fifty ocean-lengths. 1723. The binding period of the four-sense beings is an inner moment in the lowest case, and in the highest case, it is sixteen nights and days, and a third part of a night and day more than a crore of previous ones. Similarly, the binding period of the human beings is also the same. 1724. The binding period of the remaining beings, up to the intermediate ones, should be known to be the same as the binding period of the two-sense beings. Discussion - The characteristic of the binding period of the three-sense beings - The description of the binding period of the three-sense beings is also similar, but their binding period is 50 times more than that of the one-sense beings. The description of the binding period of the karma-natures of the four-sense beings 1725. [1725 Q.] O Bhagavan! How long do the four-sense beings bind the knowledge-obscuring karma? [1725 A.] Gautama! They bind it for a period less than one hundred ocean-lengths by an immeasurable fraction of a moment-length in the lowest case, and in the highest case, they bind it for the full one hundred ocean-lengths. 1. (a) Pannavana Sutra Bha. 1, p. 380 (b) Prajnapana Sutra Bha. 5 (Pramaye Bodhini Tika) p. 420