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[Gatha 58]
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Exposition of the Interval between Transmigration-Stations
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The transmigrator has attained the twenty-six (prakṛtis). Thus, the supreme interval period for the transformation of the semi-pudgala of the twenty-six-prakṛti transmigration-station is established. The description of the minimum and supreme interval period of the twenty-three-prakṛti transmigration-station is as follows - A certain upasama-samyag-dṛṣṭi possessing twenty-four prakṛtis, on remaining for one moment in the period of transmigration of twenty-three prakṛtis, attained the sāsādana-guṇasthāna, and in just one moment became the transmigrator of twenty-one (prakṛtis), and on attaining the interval, went to mithyātva in the very next moment and became the transmigrator of twenty-three. Thus, the minimum interval period of the present transmigration-station is just one moment. Or, a certain transmigrator of twenty-three (prakṛtis), on ascending the upasama-śreṇī, after the completion of the interval-making, immediately commenced the successive transmigration, and in one moment attained the interval as the transmigrator of twenty-two, and in the next moment was born among the gods as the transmigrator of twenty-three. In this way too, the minimum interval period is just one moment. The description of the supreme interval period of this very transmigration-station is as follows - A certain anādi-mithyā-dṛṣṭi, at the initial moment of the transformation of the semi-pudgala, attained samyaktva, and within the period of upasama-samyaktva itself, dissociated the anantānubandhi, and commenced the twenty-three-prakṛti transmigration-station; when six āvalikā-kāla remained in the period of upasama-samyaktva, attained the sāsādana-guṇasthāna, and transmigrated to twenty-one, and again went to mithyātva, and wandered in saṃsāra up to the transformation of the semi-pudgala, and when the minimum interval of saṃsāra remained, attained upasama-samyaktva, and again attained vedaka-samyaktva, and for ascending the kṣapaka-śreṇī, dissociated the anantānubandhi, and became the transmigrator of twenty-three. Thus, the supreme interval period of the present transmigration-station is obtained. The clarification of the minimum interval period of the twenty-one-prakṛti transmigration-station is as follows - A certain living being possessing twenty-one prakṛtis, on ascending the upasama-śreṇī, after the completion of the interval-making, due to the non-transmigration of lobha-saṃjvalana, became the transmigrator of twenty for one moment, attained the interval, died, and being reborn as a god, again became the transmigrator of twenty-one. Thus, the minimum interval period of just one moment is established. The description of the supreme interval period of this very transmigration-station is as follows - A certain anādi-mithyā-dṛṣṭi, at the initial moment of the transformation of the semi-pudgala, attained the first samyaktva, and within the period of upasama-samyaktva itself, dissociated the anantānubandhi-caturṣka, and when six āvalikā-kāla remained in the period of upasama-samyaktva, attained the sāsādana-guṇasthāna, and transmigrated up to one āvalikā of twenty-one prakṛtis, and thereafter in the next moment became the transmigrator of twenty-five, and attained the interval, and thereafter went to mithyātva, and wandered in saṃsāra up to the transformation of the semi-pudgala, and when the minimum interval of saṃsāra remained, destroyed the darśana-moha, and became the transmigrator of twenty-one. Thus, the supreme interval period of the twenty-one-prakṛti transmigration-station, up to the transformation of the semi-pudgala, should be known.