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## **Perfection-Right 12.**
**401**
**Thereafter, by rule, the gods are indeed free from sensual pleasures. Even though they are associated with sensual pleasures, they are endowed with infinite virtues and happiness.** || 1143 ||
**Meaning:** Beyond the sixteenth heaven, the gods are free from sensual pleasures by rule, but they are endowed with infinite virtues and happiness, even though they are associated with sensual pleasures. || 1143 ||
**Whatever sensual pleasure there is in the world, and whatever great happiness there is in the heavens, even an infinite part of the happiness of the liberated soul does not deserve it.** || 1144 ||
**Meaning:** The pleasure arising from worldly objects and the great happiness in the heavens cannot even compare to an infinite part of the happiness of the liberated soul. || 1144 ||
**If the lifespan of a god is like the ocean, then their food is a thousand years, their breath is a wingspan, and their time is like the ocean.** || 1145 ||
**Meaning:** The lifespan of a god is as long as the ocean, their food lasts for a thousand years, their breath is as long as a wingspan, and their time is as vast as the ocean. || 1145 ||
**The food of the Asuras who dwell in the mansions is of the highest quality, lasting for a thousand years. The food of the Jyotishkas is of the highest quality, lasting for a different moment. This is the excellence of the rest.**
**Meaning:** The Asuras who dwell in the mansions desire the highest quality food, lasting for a thousand years. The Jyotishkas, on the other hand, have food of the highest quality that lasts for a different moment. This is the excellence of the rest.