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10] The **Prajñāpanā Sūtra** states that the **Acharamanta Pradesh** of the **Lok** are **asankhyāta** times greater than the **Acharamanta Pradesh** of the **Alok**. The **Acharamanta Pradesh** of the **Alok** are **ananta** times greater than the **Acharamanta Pradesh** of the **Lok**. The **Charamanta Pradesh** and **Acharamanta Pradesh** of both **Lok** and **Alok** are **viśeṣādhika** and are the smallest **Acharamanta Pradesh** of **Lok** and **Alok**. The **Charamanta Pradesh** of the **Lok** are **asankhyāta** times greater than the **Charamanta Pradesh** of the **Alok**. The **Charamanta Pradesh** of the **Alok** are **viśeṣādhika** than the **Charamanta Pradesh** of the **Lok**. The **Acharamanta Pradesh** of the **Lok** are **asankhyāta** times greater than the **Acharamanta Pradesh** of the **Alok**. The **Acharamanta Pradesh** of the **Alok** are **ananta** times greater than the **Acharamanta Pradesh** of the **Lok**. The **Charamanta Pradesh** and **Acharamanta Pradesh** of both **Lok** and **Alok** are **viśeṣādhika**. Compared to the **Charamanta Pradesh** and **Acharamanta Pradesh** of **Lok** and **Alok**, all **dravya** are **viśeṣādhika**. Compared to them, all **pradeśa** are **ananta** times greater, and compared to them, all **paryāya** are **ananta** times greater.
The **vivecana** of the terms **charam**, **acharam**, etc., and their **alpabahutva** is presented in four **sūtra** (from **sū. 777** to **780**). The **ratnaprabhādi** text discusses the **alpabahutva** of the **charam**, **acharam**, etc., four divisions of **lok**, **alok**, and **lokālok** from the **saudharma** earth to the **anuttar vimāna** in the **devaloka**. It also discusses the **alpabahutva** of **dravya**, **pradeśa**, and **dravya-pradeśa**.
According to the **ratnaprabhā**, the **acharam** of the **ratnaprabhā-pṛthvī** is the smallest compared to the **dravya**. This is because the **acharam-khaṇḍa** is one due to its **ekaskandha-rūpa** (oneness) and **parināma-parināta** (transformed) nature. Therefore, it is the smallest. Compared to it, the **charam-khaṇḍa** (**charamāṇi**) are **asankhyāta** times greater because they are **asankhyāta**.
Now, the question arises: are the **acharam** and the many **charam** together equal to the **charam** or are they **viśeṣādhika**? The **śāstrakāra** provides the solution that the **acharam** and the many **charam** are **viśeṣādhika**. This means that if one **acharam-dravya** is included in the **charam-dravya**, the number of **charam** increases by one. Therefore, their collection is **viśeṣādhika**.
If we consider from the perspective of **pradeśa**, the **charamanta-pradeśa** are the smallest because the **charam-khaṇḍa** are extremely subtle compared to the **madhyama** (**acharam**) **khaṇḍa**. Although the **charam-khaṇḍa** are **asankhyāta** times greater, their **pradeśa** are the smallest compared to the **pradeśa** of the **madhyama** (**acharam**) **khaṇḍa**. Compared to them, the **acharamanta-pradeśa** are **asankhyāta** times greater.
One **acharam-khaṇḍa** is **asankhyāta** times greater in area than the collection of **charam-khaṇḍa**. The **charamanta-pradeśa** and **acharamanta-pradeśa** together are **viśeṣādhika** than the **acharamanta-pradeśa**. This is because the **charamanta-pradeśa** are **asankhyāta** times smaller than the **acharamanta-pradeśa**.
In this situation, even if the **charamanta-pradeśa** are included in the **acharamanta-pradeśa**, they are still **viśeṣādhika** than the **acharamanta-pradeśa**.
Considering both **dravya** and **pradeśa**, according to the above reasoning, the **acharam** of the **ratnaprabhā-pṛthvī** is the smallest because it is one. Compared to it, the **charam** (many **charam**) are **asankhyāta** times greater. Compared to them, both the **acharam** and the many **charam** are **viśeṣādhika**, and compared to them, the **charamanta-pradeśa** are **asankhyāta** times greater. This is because, although the **acharam-khaṇḍa** are **avagāḍha** (dense) than the **asankhyāta-pradeśa**, they are still **asankhyāta** times smaller than the **acharamanta-pradeśa**.