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616/Go. Sa. Jivakanda
Gatha 551-552
Antarmuhurta is ||28||
Just as in a Neelaleshya, the time of that Leshya of a living being present in it is destroyed, it becomes Krishna Leshya, and staying in it for the shortest Antarmuhurta time, it again becomes Neelaleshya.
Doubt- Why does it not become Kapootaleshya after Krishna Leshya?
Solution- No, because it is impossible for the power of Kapootaleshya transformation to be present immediately after the transformation of the living being from Krishna Leshya.
A living being present in the decreasing Krishna Leshya or the increasing Kapootaleshya has attained Neelaleshya. Then that living being stays in Neelaleshya for the shortest Antarmuhurta time, and due to the absence of any obstruction in the shortest time, it attains Kapootaleshya or Krishna Leshya as much as possible; because it is impossible for it to attain any other Leshya except these two. It is said that the shortest time is only in the decreasing Leshya. In this way, the time of Neelaleshya is obtained as Antarmuhurta.
A living being present in the decreasing Neelaleshya or the increasing Tejo Leshya has attained Kapootaleshya. That living being stays in Kapootaleshya for the shortest Antarmuhurta time, and if it has come from Tejo Leshya, then it should go to Neelaleshya, and if it has come from Neelaleshya, then it should go to Tejo Leshya. Otherwise, the shortest time of the living being that purifies the defilements and purity cannot be formed.
Doubt- Why is the shortest time not obtained here like the change in Yoga?
Solution- No, because it is impossible for the time to be obtained in one time due to the change in Leshya, or the change in place, or death and injury, like Yoga and Kapayas. The reason for this is that time is not obtained in one time due to the change in Leshya, because there is no destruction of that Leshya in the second time of the living being transformed from the desired Leshya. And similarly, there is no going to another Leshya in the second time of the living being that has gone to another Gunasthan with the desired Leshya. Time is not possible in one time due to the change in Gunasthan, because there is no going to another Gunasthan in the second time of the living being transformed from the desired Leshya. Time is not possible in one time due to injury, because there is no injury to the present Leshya in one time. And time is not possible in one time due to death, because there is no effect of death in the second time of the living being transformed from the desired Leshya.
The highest time of Krishna Leshya is 33 Sagaropama, the highest time of Neelaleshya is 17 Sagaropama, and the highest time of Kapootaleshya is 7 Sagaropama. ||285||4
1. "Gajivan Padatan Jahanang Prato Muddat. ||284||" [Dhaval Pu. 4 p. 455]. 2. Dhaval Pu. 4 p. 456. 3. Dhaval Pu. 4 p. 456-457, reason given in Dhaval Pu. 4 p. 468, first doubt-solution. 4. "Uvakammega Teettis Sattaras Satt Sagaroabamani Sadireyarikh. ||285||" [Dhaval 1.4 p. 457].