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## 618 / Go. Sa. Jeevakanda
**Gatha 553 - 554**
A being existing in the Kāleśyā, due to the destruction of its world-time, became thin. It remained in the Antarmūhūrta and died, and was born in the Saudharma Kalpa. It lived for two and a half Sagaropama Kalpas and then perished. It remained with the Pīta Leśyā for the duration of the Antarmūhūrta and then went to another, non-contradictory Leśyā. Similarly, a being that remains in the Antarmūhūrta with the Padma and Śukla Leśyās, the most excellent, and is born again in the Devas with lifespans of eighteen and a half and thirty-three Sagaropama Kalpas, completes its lifespan and departs from there. It then remains with the Padma and Śukla Leśyās for the duration of the Antarmūhūrta and then goes to another, non-contradictory Leśyā. Such a being attains its own, most excellent time.
**Difference between the Inferior and Superior in the Leśyās**
The Antarmūhūrta is the inferior difference of the three inauspicious Leśyās, namely, Kṛṣṇa, Nīla, and Kāpota. The superior difference is slightly more than thirty-three Sagaras. The difference of the three auspicious Leśyās, namely, Pīta, etc., is also similar, but the superior difference is, by rule, an innumerable number of Pudgala transformations.
**Gāthārtha** - The inferior difference of the three inauspicious Leśyās, namely, Kṛṣṇa, Nīla, and Kāpota, is the Antarmūhūrta. The superior difference is slightly more than thirty-three Sagaras. The difference of the three auspicious Leśyās, namely, Pīta, etc., is also similar, but the superior difference is, by rule, an innumerable number of Pudgala transformations.
The inferior difference in time for beings with the Kṛṣṇa, Nīla, and Kāpota Leśyās is the Antarmūhūrta, because a being with the Kṛṣṇa Leśyā, upon going to the Nīla Leśyā, a being with the Nīla Leśyā, upon going to the Kāpota Leśyā, and a being with the Kāpota Leśyā, upon going to the Tejo Leśyā, returns to its previous Leśyā through the inferior time, and thus obtains a difference of the Antarmūhūrta measure.
The superior difference for beings with the Kṛṣṇa, Nīla, and Kāpota Leśyās is slightly more than thirty-three Sagaropama measures, because a human being with a lifespan of a previous category, from the time of conception until the age of eighty years, upon having six Antarmūhūrtas remaining, attains the Kṛṣṇa Leśyā form. Thus, beginning with the Kṛṣṇa Leśyā, and then going through the Nīla, Kāpota, Teja, Padma, and Śukla Leśyās in order, and then attaining the three auspicious Leśyās after taking restraint, the being remains for a time slightly less than the previous category. Then, it is born in the Devas with a lifespan of thirty-three Sagaropama Kalpas. From there, it is born again in the humans, and then goes through the Śukla, Padma, Teja, Kāpota, and Nīla Leśyā forms in order, and finally returns to the Kṛṣṇa Leśyā. Such a being obtains a superior difference in time for the Kṛṣṇa Leśyā of slightly more than thirty-three Sagaropama measures, which is less than the previous category by eight years and ten Antarmūhūrtas. Similarly, one should describe the superior difference in time for the Nīla Leśyā and the Kāpota Leśyā. The only difference is that when describing the difference for the Nīla Leśyā, one should say that it is less than the previous category by eight years, and when describing the difference for the Kāpota Leśyā, one should say that it is less than the previous category by six years, and that the superior difference in time is slightly more than thirty-three Sagaropama measures.
1. Dhavala Pu. 7 p. 176. 2. Dhavala Pu. 7 p. 228-221.