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## Chapter 22: Description of the Division of the Realm of Nature, Ownership, and the Process of Elimination
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When a being, having eliminated the karma of *machchhidraṇa* (destruction of life), attains the state of *hada-samutpatti* (birth in the womb), and then, having arrived in the realm of *kṣaya* (destruction of passions), reaches the *apacchima-ṭhiḍi-khaṇḍa* (the final stage of the realm of *kṣaya*), and, due to the *adhaḥ-sthiti-galana* (downward flow of the state of being), is about to be eliminated, and only a single *hīḍi* (unit of time) remains, the *jghanya-pada* (lowest state) of the eight *kṣayas* is attained.
**40** Then, in the *pada-uttaras* (higher states),
**41** there is a continuous progression until the *utkṛṣṭa-pada* (highest state) of a particular *sthiti-viśeṣa* (specific state) is reached.
**42** This is a single *spardhaka-pramāṇa* (measure of competition).
**43** In this way, from the *udaya-avali* (ascending series) of the eight *kṣayas*, one should know that there are only as many *spardhaka-pramāṇas* as there are *samaya-ūṇa-avali* (descending series of time).
**44** From the *jghanya-pada* of the *charim-samaya* (final time) of the *apacchima-ṭhiḍi-khaṇḍa* (final stage of the realm of *kṣaya*) onwards, until the *utkṛṣṭa-pada* is attained, this is a single *spardhaka-pramāṇa*.
**45** The *aṭāṇu-bandhī* (non-attached) *miśchatva-bhanga* (destruction of wrong belief) is
**46** the *jghanya-pada* of the *sānta-karma* (state of peace) for whom?
**47** Similarly, a being who, having attained the *jghanya-sānta-karma* (lowest state of peace) through the *abhavya-siddhi* (state of non-perfection), arrives in the realm of *kṣaya* and attains *saṁyama-saṁyama* (self-control), *saṁyama* (self-control), and *samyak-tva* (right belief) many times, and eliminates the four *kṣayas* four times, and then is born in a being with a lifespan of three *palyas* (units of time),
**48** and there, when only a *muhūrta* (unit of time) remains of the lifespan, attains *samyak-tva* (right belief), and then, having eliminated the karma of *hata-samutpatti* (violent birth), attains the state of death, and then, having arrived in the realm of *manuṣya* (human beings), eliminates the *kṣayas*, and, when the *apacchima-ṭhiḍi-khaṇḍa* (final stage of the realm of *kṣaya*) is about to be eliminated due to the *adhaḥ-sthiti-galana* (downward flow of the state of being), and only a single *hīḍi* (unit of time) remains, the *jghanya-pada* (lowest state) of the eight *kṣayas* is attained.
**49** Then, in the *pada-uttaras* (higher states), there is a continuous progression until the *utkṛṣṭa-pada* (highest state) of a particular *sthiti-viśeṣa* (specific state) is reached.
**50** This is a single *spardhaka-pramāṇa* (measure of competition).
**51** Because there is no difference here.
**52** In this way, from the *udaya-avali* (ascending series) of the eight *kṣayas*, one should know that there are only as many *spardhaka-pramāṇas* as there are *samaya-ūṇa-avali* (descending series of time).
**53** From the *jghanya-pada* of the *charim-samaya* (final time) of the *apacchima-ṭhiḍi-khaṇḍa* (final stage of the realm of *kṣaya*) onwards, until the *utkṛṣṭa-pada* is attained, this is a single *spardhaka-pramāṇa*.
**54** The *jghanya-svāmitva* (lowest ownership) of the *ananta-anu-bandhī* (infinitely attached) *kṣayas* should be known as the same as the *jghanya-svāmitva* (lowest ownership) of *miśchatva* (wrong belief).
**55** For whom is the *jghanya-pada* (lowest state) of the *sānta-karma* (state of peace) of the *napumsaka-veda* (non-masculine knowledge) attained?
**56** For a being who, in the same way, having attained the *jghanya-sānta-karma* (lowest state of peace) through the *abhavya-siddhi* (state of non-perfection) in the *ekendra-īya* (one-sensed) state, arrives in the realm of *kṣaya* and attains *saṁyama-saṁyama* (self-control), *saṁyama* (self-control), and *samyak-tva* (right belief) many times, and eliminates the four *kṣayas* four times, and then is born in a being with a lifespan of three *palyas* (units of time),
**57** and there, when only a *muhūrta* (unit of time) remains of the lifespan, attains *samyak-tva* (right belief), and then, having eliminated the karma of *hata-samutpatti* (violent birth), attains the state of death, and then, having arrived in the realm of *manuṣya* (human beings), eliminates the *kṣayas*, and, when the *apacchima-ṭhiḍi-khaṇḍa* (final stage of the realm of *kṣaya*) is about to be eliminated due to the *adhaḥ-sthiti-galana* (downward flow of the state of being), and only a single *hīḍi* (unit of time) remains, the *jghanya-pada* (lowest state) of the eight *kṣayas* is attained.
**58** Then, in the *pada-uttaras* (higher states), there is a continuous progression until the *utkṛṣṭa-pada* (highest state) of a particular *sthiti-viśeṣa* (specific state) is reached.
**59** This is a single *spardhaka-pramāṇa* (measure of competition).
**60** Because there is no difference here.
**61** In this way, from the *udaya-avali* (ascending series) of the eight *kṣayas*, one should know that there are only as many *spardhaka-pramāṇas* as there are *samaya-ūṇa-avali* (descending series of time).
**62** From the *jghanya-pada* of the *charim-samaya* (final time) of the *apacchima-ṭhiḍi-khaṇḍa* (final stage of the realm of *kṣaya*) onwards, until the *utkṛṣṭa-pada* is attained, this is a single *spardhaka-pramāṇa*.
**63** This sūtra (aphorism) is not found in the *tāmra-patra-vālī* (copper plate inscription), but it should be there, because its *ṭīkā* (commentary) is found in the form of "This is a single *spardhaka-pramāṇa* because there is no difference here."
**64** Further, while explaining the *jghanya-pada* (lowest state) of the *sānta-karma* (state of peace) of the *napumsaka-veda* (non-masculine knowledge), this same sūtra is given. (See sūtra no. 50)
**65** The *khaṇa-saṁjoiya-saṁjoiyaṇā* (combination of moments) lasts for a long time.
**66** The *saṁyak-karma-siddhi* (perfection of right conduct) is attained by the *samyak-dṛṣṭi* (right belief) of the *aṭāṇu-bandhī* (non-attached) being.
**67** The *viśajja-ujjettu* (to be separated and eliminated) is again the *miśchatva* (wrong belief).
**68** From this *muhūrta* (unit of time), the *aṭāṇu-bandhī* (non-attached) being is eliminated, and again the *samyak-tva* (right belief) is attained.
**69** The *chira-samm-kālate* (for a long time) is the *samyak-tva* (right belief) that is attained by the *aṭāṇu-bandhī* (non-attached) being.
**70** The *khavaṇa* (eating) of the *an-bhuttiya* (non-nourishing) food, which is present in the *aṣṭa-iti-viśeṣa* (eight specific states), is the *samā-laṭṭha-tīya* (equal to the state of being) *pada-saṁta-bhavatī* (state of peace).