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## Gatha 424-425
## Bhanamargna/505
Only an innumerable part of the original angul (smallest unit of measurement) is required for the generation of both dravya (substance) and bhava (state). After this, an expanse of space increases above the lowest dhotra (lowest level of hell), but time remains at the lowest level. This indicates that the number of steps in avadhijnana (clairvoyance) is similar to that of dravya and bhava, but less than that of kshetra (field). Thus, the number of steps in kshetra is less than that of time.
**Gatha 424:**
**Gatha-artha:** In the seventh earth (seventh hell), the field of avadhijnana is one kos (a unit of distance). Above this, the field increases by half a kos at a time until it reaches a full yojana (4 kos) in the first hell.
**Vishesharya:** In the narakas (hells), the lowest field of avadhijnana is one kos, and the highest field is one yojana. In the seventh earth, the highest field of avadhijnana for the narakas is one kos, and the highest time duration for pravadhijnana (clairvoyance) is antarmuhurta (a very short time). In the sixth earth, the highest field of avadhijnana is one and a half kos, and the time duration is antarmuhurta. In the fifth earth, the highest field of avadhijnana is two kos, and the time duration is antarmuhurta. In the fourth earth, the highest field of avadhijnana for the narakas is two and a half kos, and the highest time duration is antarmuhurta. In the third earth, the highest field of avadhijnana is three kos, and the highest time duration is antarmuhurta. In the second earth, the highest field of avadhijnana for the narakas is three and a half kos, and the highest time duration is antarmuhurta. In the first earth, the highest field of avadhijnana for the narakas is four kos (one yojana), and the highest time duration is one muhurta less than a full muhurta.
**Shankha:** Time is not mentioned in the head (of the text), so how is it known?
**Samadhan:** It is known from Gatha 405, which states "Gaugran muhuttanto, yojanabhinnam muhutta" (The time duration is one muhurta less than a full muhurta).
**Gatha 425:**
**Gatha-artha:** In the tiryanchas (animals), avadhijnana ranges from the lowest deshavadhi (knowledge of the field) to the knowledge of the tejas (luminous) body.
**Manue proghang deve jahakam suraha vocchami:**
**Translation:** In humans, the highest avadhijnana is the same as that of the devas (gods), as I have explained.