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## Gatha 655-656
**Samyaktvamarganga/716**
For the living being whose essence exhibits both faith and disbelief, one should know him to be like the **virata** and **avirata**, a **samyagmithyaishti**. ||655||
**Gathaartha:** The living being whose essence exhibits both faith and disbelief, should be known as **samyagmithyaishti**, similar to **virata** and **avirata**. ||655||
**Visheshartha:** This Gatha describes **samyagmithyaishti**. Gatha 21 also describes **samyagmithyaishti**. Therefore, to understand it better, one should refer to the **visheshartha** of Gatha 21.
The characteristic of **mithyaishti** is that the living being does not have faith in the teachings of the Jinas, but has faith in the **asadbhava** (non-existence) of the taught and untaught. ||656||
**Visheshartha:** This Gatha is similar to Gatha 18, therefore one should refer to the **visheshartha** of Gatha 18.
The meaning of **mahadi prasambhava** is that the **mithyaishti** living being, due to the rise of **mithyatva**, has faith in the **asadbhava** (non-existence) of the true nature of the **paramartha** (ultimate reality).
In **Samyaktvamarganga**, if there are **sankejjya** (countable) **kshayik samyagdristi** (liberated souls) born in the **vasupudhatta** (heavenly abode) during a **khaya** (period of time), then how many **kshayik samyagdristi** will be born in the **sankejjya palya** (countable period of time)? By calculating this way, the number of **kshayik samyagdristi** is obtained by dividing the **palya** by the **sankejjya pavali** (countable period of time). Multiplying this by the **asankejjya** (uncountable) part of the **pavali**, we get the number of **vedak samyagdristi** (liberated souls who have attained knowledge). The **upanam samyagdristi** (liberated souls who have not attained knowledge) are **asankejjya** (uncountable) times less than the **kshayik samyagdristi**. ||657-658||
**Nalya** (period of time) is **asankejjya** (uncountable) times...
1. Pra. Pan. San. Pri. 36 Ga. 166 | Pra. Pan. San. Pa 36 Ga. 100.
2. Go. Ji. Gatha 18, Dhaval Pri. 6 Pri. 342, Jayadhaval Pu. 12 Pri. 322.