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Gommatasara Karmakanda-198
Write the eight-time yogasthanas in the middle. Write the yogasthanas that are continuous for seven times above and below the eight-time ones. Write the yogasthanas that are continuous for six times below and above the seven-time ones. Write the yogasthanas that are continuous until gaj gashan, below and above the six-time ones. Write the yogasthanas that are continuous for four times above and below the five-time ones. Write the yogasthanas that are continuous for three and two times respectively, above the four and three-time ones. Just as barley (yava) is thick in the middle and thin above and below, similarly write the eight-time ones in the middle and write one less time above and below. Such a yavakara structure is formed.
The yogasthanas in which the jiva, starting from one time, culminates in four times through progress, are called chatuhsamayik, i.e., yogasthanas that remain for four times. Their number is a fraction of an innumerable part of the श्रेणी. Similarly, one should know panchasamayik, shatsamayik, saptasamayik, ashta samayik. However, the saptasamayik, shatsamayik, panchasamayik, chatuhsamayik, and the above trisamayik and dvisamayik yogasthanas above the middle of the yava are also a fraction of an innumerable part of the श्रेणी.
According to alpabahutva, the eight-time yogya yogasthanas are the least, i.e., they are less than the yogasthanas to be mentioned later. The seven-time yogya yogasthanas on both sides are equal and innumerable times more than them. The six-time yogya yogasthanas on both sides are equal and innumerable innumerable times more than them. The five-time yogya yogasthanas on both sides are equal and innumerable times more than them. The four-time yogya yogasthanas on both sides are equal and innumerable times more than them. The above three-time yogya yogasthanas are innumerable times more than them, and the two-time yogya yogasthanas are innumerable times more than them. Here, the multiplier is a fraction of an innumerable part of the panyopama. Its special explanation is given by the yavakara structure, which is as follows:
The yogasthanas with eight-time prayogya shakti are few. The yogasthanas with seven-time prayogya shakti located on both sides are innumerable times more. The yogasthanas with six-time prayogya shakti located on both sides are innumerable times more. The yogasthanas with five-time prayogya shakti located on both sides are innumerable times more. The yogasthanas with four-time prayogya shakti located on both sides are innumerable times more. The above yogasthanas with three-time prayogya shakti are innumerable times more. The above yogasthanas with two-time prayogya shakti are innumerable times more.
1. Dhaval Pu. 10 p. 494-495
2. Dhaval Pu. 10 p. 503-504