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## Eighteenth Kayasthitipad [349]
**The Time Period of a Lobhakṣayī Jīva**
A Lobhakṣayī jīva remains as a Lobhakṣayī for a minimum of one time period and a maximum of an antarmūhurta. When a jīva who has attained the Upasama श्रेणी falls from it after becoming Upasāntarāga (in the eleventh guṇasthāna) and attains death in the first moment of the vedana of the lobha aṃśa, and is born in the Devaloka, and becomes a Krodhakṣayī, Mānakṣayī, and Māyakṣayī, then he is found to be a Lobhakṣayī for one time period.
**Question:** Why is it not stated that Krodha, etc., also remain for a minimum of one time period, according to the same principle that is given for Lobhakṣayī?
**Answer:** Although a jīva who falls from the Upasama श्रेणी attains death in the first moment of the vedana of Krodha, Māna, or Māyā, and is born in the Devaloka, yet by nature, the kṣayā with which the jīva has performed kāla remains for an antarmūhurta in the next bhava. This is known from the authority of the sūtra, which states that Krodha, Māna, and Māyā kṣayās remain for many time periods.
**The Time Period of an Akṣayī Jīva**
The sūtra regarding the time period of an Akṣayī jīva should be understood according to the principle of the Avedaka sūtra. An Akṣayī who has attained the Kṣapaka श्रेणी is sādi-ananta, because he does not fall from the Kṣapaka श्रेणी. However, an Akṣayī who has attained the Upasama श्रेणी is sādi-sānta. Therefore, he remains with the Akṣayā paryāya for a minimum of one time period. He becomes an Akṣayī for one time period, and then dies and is reborn in the Devaloka immediately (in the same time period), and becomes a Sakṣayī due to the arising of kṣayās. Therefore, the minimum time period of Akṣayitva is one time period. He remains an Akṣayī for a maximum of an antarmūhurta, after which he inevitably falls from the Upasama श्रेणी and becomes a Sakṣayī.
**The Time Period of a Selesya Jīva**
**Question:** How long does a Selesya jīva remain in the Selesya state?
**Answer:** There are two types of Selesya jīvas: (1) Anādi-aparyavasita and (2) Anādi-saparyavasita.
**The Time Period of a Kṛṣṇaleśya Jīva**
**Question:** How long does a Kṛṣṇaleśya jīva remain as a Kṛṣṇaleśya?
**Answer:** He remains as a Kṛṣṇaleśya for a minimum of an antarmūhurta and a maximum of thirty-three sāgaropam antarmūhurta.