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[116] The desire for food after the exhaustion of the enjoyment of the object of enjoyment arises from the lowest [interval] of a moment and from the highest [interval] of the eighth part of a day (after three days). This statement should also be understood in relation to the humans of the Devakuru and Uttar Kuru regions. The food-object consumed by both of them, also, in the form of the measure of the five senses, again and again, is the other statement of the Vaṇavyantara and Jyotiṣka Devas, like the Nāgakumāra, but the desire for food after the exhaustion of the enjoyment of the object of enjoyment arises from the lowest and highest [interval] of two days to nine days. The lifespan of both these types of Devas is one-eighth of the lifespan of the Patyopamas, so naturally, they feel the desire for food after the lapse of the [interval] of days.
In the Vaimānika Devas, the description of the seven doors, etc. (2-8) 1826. And in the case of the sick, the desire for food after the exhaustion of the enjoyment of the object of enjoyment arises in the lowest [interval] of a day, and in the highest [interval] of thirty-three thousand years. The rest, like the Asurakumāras (Su. 1806 [1]), until they are consumed, is the same. [1826] Similarly, the statement regarding food in the Vaimānika Devas should be known. The special feature is that the desire for food after the exhaustion of the enjoyment of the object of enjoyment arises in the lowest [interval] of a day and in the highest [interval] of thirty-three thousand years. The rest of the statement (as mentioned in Su. 1806-1), until 'their those pudgalas undergo repeated transformation', should be said. 1830. In the Saudharmakalpa, the desire for food after the exhaustion of the enjoyment of the object of enjoyment arises in the lowest [interval] of a day and in the highest [interval] of two thousand years. 1831. Question regarding the Iṣāṇas. Gautama! In the lowest [interval] of a little more than a day and in the highest [interval] of a little more than two thousand years (the desire for food arises in them). 1832. Question regarding the Sanatkumāras. Gautama! In the lowest [interval] of two thousand years and in the highest [interval] of seven thousand years, the desire for food arises. 1 Prajñāpanā. Prameyabodhinī Ṭīkā, Bhā. 5, . 589 to 591 For Private & Personal use only