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अध्याय-४
four classes of celestial beings. Who are they? They are the residential (bhavanavāsi), the peripatetic (vyantara), the stellar (jyotisha) and the heavenly (vaimānika) deva.
The next sūtra is intended to determine their thought-colouration.
आदितस्त्रिषु पीतान्तलेश्याः ॥२॥
पहले के तीन निकायों में पीत तक, अर्थात् कृष्ण, नील, कापोत और पीत - ये चार लेश्याएँ होती हैं।
The thought-colouration (leśyā) of the first three classes (nikāya) is up to yellow (pīta).
Six kinds of thought-colouration (leśyā) have been mentioned (see explanation to sūtra 1-8, p. 18). Among these, the first four are taken by the term 'pītānta' - 'up to the end of yellow'. 'Up to the end of yellow' means those who are characterized by the first four thoughtcomplexions. This is the purport. The first three classes of celestial beings (deva) – the residential (bhavanavāsi), the peripatetic (vyantara) and the stellar (jyotisha) - have four thought-colourations (lesyā)- black (krsna), blue (nila), grey (kāpota) and yellow (pīta).
The subclasses of the four classes (nikāya) are mentioned next.
दशाष्टपञ्चद्वादशविकल्पाः कल्पोपपन्नपर्यन्ताः ॥३॥
कल्पोपपन्न (सोलहवें कल्प तक के देव) पर्यन्त इन चार प्रकार के देवों के क्रम से दस, आठ, पाँच और बारह भेद हैं।
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