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**Friend's View:** The state of being a Tathābhāvyā in the last Pudgalāvartta.
**When this is, it is said to be the time for it.**
**In the last Pudgalāvartta, the ripening of Tathābhāvyatā; this is pure by rule, not at any other time, so say the knowers.**
**Meaning:** From the ripening of Tathābhāvyatā, in the last Pudgalāvartta, this (skillful citta) is pure by rule, not at any other time, so say the knowers.
**Commentary:**
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The pure skillful citta, etc., the seed of devotion, which was mentioned above in relation to the Jina, arises when? The time for this is shown here. This pure citta, etc., is attained in the last Pudgalāvartta. It is like this:
When a being, through the process of taking and giving up, of acquiring and relinquishing, has come into contact with all the Pudgalas in the Lokas once, and they have been gathered together, then one Pudgalāvartta is said to have occurred. Pudgalāvartta means the revolution of the Pudgala cycle. Thus, in one Pudgalāvartta, countless births and deaths filled with endless suffering have occurred; and in this beginningless samsara, while revolving in different realms, according to the law of cyclical rotation, this being has passed through countless Pudgalāvarttas. It is said:
“That state which is not understood, but is understood to be attained, I bow to that state, O Shri Sadguru,
Endless suffering; O Bhagavan.” — Shrimad Rajchandra
Composed in Shri Ātmasiddhi
**Explanation:**
In the Dharma, Purūjāvata — the last Pudgalāvartta — means that there are Pudgalāvarttas (revolutions of Pudgalas) in that way, through the taking and giving up of the being. And “te cānāto saṁjñā tathāmanyatyāśritāḥ viviyante pi” — in this beginningless samsara, these Pudgalāvarttas, which are affected by Tathābhāvyatā, are different for different beings, according to this statement. In the word “charma,” the name “charmāvartta” is implied. Here also, the reason is given — “tathāmanyatva” — from the ripening of Tathābhāvyatā. That is, from the cessation of the bitterness of Mithyātva (the removal of bitterness), a little bit of faith is achieved, and therefore, this — the skillful citta, etc., towards the Jina — is pure by rule. “Niyamā” — by rule — in this way, through the ripening of karma, through Tathābhāvyatā; — not at any other time, as in the case of purity, because of the absence of impurity here. (That is, just as purity does not arise at other times, so here, in the charmāvartta, impurity does not arise; only purity remains.) That is why it is said — “nānyāvi” — not at any other time, before or after. Because before, there is the desire for defilement, and after, there is the desire for greater purity. “Kṛtti dvi” — so say the knowers, the knowers of the Dharma.