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## English Translation:
**218 /Mo. Sar. Jiva Kanda**
**Verse 156**
When these six quantities are combined, they become the six dravya prakshipta rashi. Thus, the number of jivas is equal to the infinite multiple of the three-times-classified and categorized rashi, minus the infinite multiple of the six dravya prakshipta rashi. This is the medium anantanant.
**Doubt:** It is not appropriate to say that "jivas are not taken away by the infinite number of avasarpinis and utsarpinis," because the number of jivas is infinitely greater than the number of kalas? It is also said:
**Dhammya maagas nini vi tulaa honti thovaani. Astig jiva-poggal-kalaagasaa pranatgunaa ||16||**
**Meaning:** "Even though the dharmadravya, adharmadravya, and lokaakasha have equal regions, they are still small. The number of jivas is infinitely greater than them. The number of pudgalas is infinitely greater than that, the number of kalas is infinitely greater than that, and the region of akasha is infinitely greater than that." From this, it is known that even if the number of jivas ends, the number of kalas cannot end, because the number of kalas is infinitely greater than the number of jivas.
**Solution:** This is not a fault, because in calculating the number of jivas, the entire seed is measured by the past kala, which is like the measure of a piece of wood used to measure grain. There are three types of prastahs: anagat, vartaman, and atit. The one that has not yet been produced is the anagat prastah, the one that is being produced is the vartaman prastah, and the one that has been produced and is fit for use is the atit prastah. There is a verse that says:
**Patyo tiha vihato aragaagado vattamaraativo ya. Evesu avoshena tu mijjie sab bijam tu ||20||**
**Meaning:** "There are three types of prastahs: anagat, vartaman, and atit. The entire seed is measured by the atit prastah." Similarly, there are three types of kalas: anagat, vartaman, and atit. The entire number of jivas is known by the past kala. It is also said:
**"Kalo tiha vihato pranagayo battamaashatido ya. Edesu pradideena du mijjide jivaraasi vu ||21||**
**Meaning:** "There are three types of kalas: anagat, vartaman, and atit. The entire number of jivas is known by the past kala." Therefore, the number of jivas does not end, but the entire time of the past kala ends. This is known from the alpabahutva of the sixteen rashi. This alpabahutva of the sixteen rashi is as follows: the vartaman kala is the smallest. The number of abhavya jivas is infinitely greater than the vartaman kala. The number of abhavya jivas is infinitely greater than the number of...
**1. Dh. Pu. 3 p. 24-25-26. 2. Dh. Pu. 3 p. 26. 3. Gh. Pu. 3 p. 26. 4. Dh. Pu. 3 p. 21.**