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Gommatasara Karmakanda-214
**Again, for a subtle-bodied, omniscient being, born as a human with a gross descent, there is a second option for human-life-based-causality. Again, for a third subtle-bodied, omniscient being, born as a human with a gross descent and an unprecedented form, there is a third option for human-life-based-causality, because otherwise there would be a contradiction in the origin of an unprecedented form. If you say that it is not proven to assume a difference in the cause due to a difference in the effect, then that is not correct, because this leads to the implication of the origin of an effect without a cause. Taking the gross descent as the basis, for subtle-bodied, omniscient beings who cause fatal harm to humans with various unprecedented forms, there should be options for human-life-based-causality generated until there are as many options as there are celestial regions in the 45 lakh yojanas external to the terrestrial beings. Here, taking the gross descent as the basis, there are as many options for human-life-based-causality as there are celestial regions. **
**By establishing the causalities obtained from this descent, subtracting the gross descent of the subtle-bodied, omniscient being from the excellent descent of the great fish, and adding one to the remainder, there are as many descent options as there are parts of the infinite number of the universe. Multiplying these descent options by the options for causality related to one descent, we get the total number of options for human-life-based-causality. **
**Deva-based-causality is the result of the celestial realm. All gods are fearful, so their realm is to be known as the product of the fearful region, which is nine hundred yojanas from the end of the desired luminous realm, multiplied by the region of the terrestrial beings. The realm of origin of the remaining gods is small. Therefore, its desire is not discussed here. The statement is mainly about the luminous gods. Only the five-sensed, omniscient terrestrial and human beings are born as gods. While going to the celestial realm, due to the non-destruction of the previous form before the rise of the celestial life and celestial-life-based-causality along with the rise of the celestial life, the first difference is obtained by multiplying the number of gross descents by the said region. The excellent descent is also a number of cubic angulas. Multiplying by that, we get the final difference. So, according to the sutra "Adi Ante Suddhe", subtracting the beginning from the end, dividing by one, and adding one, we get the number of differences in celestial-life-based-causality. **
**By the grossest descent, a single option for celestial-life-based-causality is obtained for the fish that goes to the celestial realm. Again, by the same grossest descent, an option for celestial-life-based-causality is obtained for the fish that goes to the celestial realm with an unprecedented form. **
**1. Dhwala Pustak 13, pp. 383-384**