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English Translation (preserving Jain terms):
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Kasaya Pahuda Sutta
[5. Sankrama-arthadhikara]
Specific Meaning - This explains the minimum and maximum duration of the Sankrama (transference) states mentioned in the present sutra. The description of the duration of the Vaikriya Sankrama state is as follows - A living being possessing twenty-four Prakritis, after ascending the Upasamashreni, attains the Antarkarana and then, through successive Anupurvi-sankramana, becomes a Sankramaka (transient) of one Samaya (instant) duration for the Vaikriya state, and in the next Samaya, dies and is reborn among the devas, becoming a Sankramaka of twenty-three Prakritis. Thus, the minimum duration of the Vaikriya Sankrama state is one Samaya. The description of its maximum duration is as follows - A Darshanmohanivritti (destroyer of perceptional deluding karma) living being, after destroying Mithyatva (false belief), during the period of destruction of Samyagmithyatva (mixed right and wrong belief), became a Sankramaka of the Vaikriya state and remained so until the fall of its last Phali (layer of karmic matter). Thus, the maximum duration of the Vaikriya state is obtained as Antarmuhurta (less than a moment).
The description of the duration of the Vimana Sankrama state is as follows - A living being, Sankramaka of twenty-one Prakritis, after ascending the Upasamashreni, became non-Sankramaka of Lobha (greed) and in one Samaya became a Sankramaka of twenty, and thereafter, in the next Samaya, died and was reborn among the devas, becoming a Sankramaka of twenty-one. Thus, the minimum duration of one Samaya is obtained. The description of its maximum duration is as follows - A living being possessing twenty-one Prakritis, with the rise of Napumsaka Veda (neuter gender), ascended the Shreni and, after Antarkarana, became a Sankramaka of twenty Prakritis through successive Anupurvi-sankramana. The entire duration of the Napumsaka Veda's Upasamana (suppression) should be understood as the maximum duration of the present Sankrama state.
The description of the minimum and maximum duration of the Navakarana Sankrama state is as follows - A living being possessing twenty-one Prakritis, after ascending the Upasamashreni and performing Antarkarana, suppressed the Napumsaka Veda and became a Sankramaka of nineteen Prakritis. Again, in the very next Samaya, after dying, was reborn among the devas and became a Sankramaka of twenty-one Prakritis. Thus, the minimum duration of one Samaya is obtained. The entire duration of the suppression of the Napumsaka Veda and the subsequent suppression of the Striveda (female gender) should be understood as the maximum duration of the present Sankrama state.
The description of the minimum and maximum duration of the Ashtadasa Prakritika Sankrama state is as follows - A Upasamaka (suppressor) living being, after suppressing the Napumsaka Veda and Striveda, in one Samaya became a Sankramaka of eighteen Prakritis, and thereafter, in the next Samaya, died and was reborn among the devas, becoming a Sankramaka of twenty-one Prakritis. Thus, the minimum duration of the Ashtadasa Prakritika Sankrama state is obtained. The maximum duration should be known until the Upaghata (destruction) of the remaining Anupashanta (unsuppressed) states.
The description of the Trayodasa Prakritika state is as follows - A living being possessing twenty-four Prakritis, after successively suppressing the nine Nokayas (non-sensory powers), in one Samaya became a Sankramaka of thirteen Prakritis. In the same Upasamaka, as long as the remaining six Nokayas are completely suppressed, the maximum duration of the Ashtadasa Prakritika Sankrama state should be known.