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[71 Twenty-third Karma-pada] [5] The question about the duration of the binding of the Vaikriya-śarīra-nāma karma. Gautama! The duration of the binding of the Vaikriya-śarīra-nāma karma for the (Asamjñī-pañcendriya jīva) is as follows: the lowest duration is equal to an immeasurable fraction of a thousand oceans, and the highest duration is equal to two full thousand oceans. / [1731-5 Pr.] Bhagavan! (Asamjñī-pañcendriya jīva) how long does the Vaikriya-śarīra-nāma karma bind? [1731-5 U.] Gautama! They bind for a duration that is an immeasurable fraction of a thousand oceans, and the highest duration is equal to two full thousand oceans. / 1732. The Samyaktva-mohaniya, Samyamithyatva-mohaniya, Āhāra-kaśarīra-nāma karma, and Tīrthaṅkara-nāma karma do not bind at all for the (Asamjñī-pañcendriya jīva). / [1732] (Asamjñī-pañcendriya jīva) do not bind at all for the Samyaktva-mohaniya, Samyamithyatva-mohaniya, Āhāra-kaśarīra-nāma karma, and Tīrthaṅkara-nāma karma. 1733. The duration of the binding of the remaining karma-prakr̥tis should be known in the same way as for the Dwīndriya jīvas. / The special point is that the duration of the binding of each karma-prakr̥ti should be multiplied by a thousand oceans. In the same way, the duration of the binding of all karma-prakr̥tis should be stated in order, up to the Antaraaya karma. / [1733] The duration of the binding of the remaining karma-prakr̥tis should be known in the same way as for the Dwīndriya jīvas. / The special point is that the duration of the binding of each karma-prakr̥ti should be multiplied by a thousand oceans. In the same way, the duration of the binding of all karma-prakr̥tis should be stated in order, up to the Antaraaya karma. / Discussion - The duration of the binding of the Asamjñī-pañcendriya jīvas is similar to that of the Dwīndriya jīvas, but there is a special difference - the special feature of the Asamjñī-pañcendriya jīvas is that the duration of the binding of the lowest and highest karma-prakr̥tis should be multiplied by a thousand oceans. The duration of the binding of each karma-prakr̥ti should be multiplied by a thousand oceans. / The duration of the binding of the karma-prakr̥tis for the Samjñī-pañcendriya jīvas is as follows: 1734. "Bhagavan! How long do the Samjñī-pañcendriya jīvas bind the Jñānāvaraṇīya karma?" Gautama! The lowest duration is equal to an Antarmūhūrta, and the highest duration is equal to thirty Koḍakoḍī oceans. The duration of the binding of the Jñānāvaraṇīya karma for the Samjñī-pañcendriya jīvas is as follows: 1734. "Bhagavan! How long do the Samjñī-pañcendriya jīvas bind the Jñānāvaraṇīya karma?" Gautama! The lowest duration is equal to an Antarmūhūrta, and the highest duration is equal to thirty Koḍakoḍī oceans. The duration of the binding of the Jñānāvaraṇīya karma for the Samjñī-pañcendriya jīvas is as follows: 1734. "Bhagavan! How long do the Samjñī-pañcendriya jīvas bind the Jñānāvaraṇīya karma?" Gautama! The lowest duration is equal to an Antarmūhūrta, and the highest duration is equal to thirty Koḍakoḍī oceans. The duration of the binding of the Jñānāvaraṇīya karma for the Samjñī-pañcendriya jīvas is as follows: 1734. "Bhagavan! How long do the Samjñī-pañcendriya jīvas bind the Jñānāvaraṇīya karma?" Gautama! The lowest duration is equal to an Antarmūhūrta, and the highest duration is equal to thirty Koḍakoḍī oceans. The duration of the binding of the Jñānāvaraṇīya karma for the Samjñī-pañcendriya jīvas is as follows: 1734. "Bhagavan! How long do the Samjñī-pañcendriya jīvas bind the Jñānāvaraṇīya karma?" Gautama! The lowest duration is equal to an Antarmūhūrta, and the highest duration is equal to thirty Koḍakoḍī oceans. The duration of the binding of the Jñānāvaraṇīya karma for the Samjñī-pañcendriya jīvas is as follows: 1734. "Bhagavan! How long do the Samjñī-pañcendriya jīvas bind the Jñānāvaraṇīya karma?" Gautama! The lowest duration is equal to an Antarmūhūrta, and the highest duration is equal to thirty Koḍakoḍī oceans. The duration of the binding of the Jñānāvaraṇīya karma for the Samjñī-pañcendriya jīvas is as follows: 1734. "Bhagavan! How long do the Samjñī-pañcendriya jīvas bind the Jñānāvaraṇīya karma?" Gautama! The lowest duration is equal to an Antarmūhūrta, and the highest duration is equal to thirty Koḍakoḍī oceans. The duration of the binding of the Jñānāvaraṇīya karma for the Samjñī-pañcendriya jīvas is as follows: 1734. "Bhagavan! How long do the Samjñī-pañcendriya jīvas bind the Jñānāvaraṇīya karma?" Gautama! The lowest duration is equal to an Antarmūhūrta, and the highest duration is equal to thirty Koḍakoḍī oceans. The duration of the binding of the Jñānā