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Gommatasara Karmakanda - 341
We will discuss the distinction between the binding and unbinding of lifespan in the Gunasthanas in detail later. Here, we describe the number of Sattvasthanas in two verses.
There are four Vigunanas, forty in each of the four Micchatiyas. There are twenty-four Sattvasthanas in each of the three Upshama श्रेणीवाले Gunasthanas, namely Apurvakarana, etc., and in the Upshantakashaya Gunasthanas. There are four Sattvasthanas in the Kshapaka श्रेणी, thirty-six in the Apurvakarana, four in the Anivrittikarana, eight in the Sukshmasamprayaya, four in the Kshina Kshaya, four in the Sayogakevali, and six in the Ayogikevali Gunasthanas. Thus, the Sattvasthanas are described up to the Ayogi Gunasthanas in relation to the binding and unbinding of the lifespan karma. The places that are destroyed are described in the next verse.
**Special Note:** There are four Sattvasthanas in the Apurvakarana Gunasthanas related to the Kshapaka श्रेणी, thirty-six in the Anivrittikarana, four in the Sukshmasamprayaya, eight in the Kshina Kshaya, four in the Sayogakevali, and six in the Ayogikevali Gunasthanas.
There is one destruction of the lifespan of a human being with the Sattvas of a Tirthankara, bound and with a false view, in the human realm. There is one destruction of the lifespan of a being who is enjoying hell, when it is born after death.
**Special Note:** There are only two possible realms for a being with the Sattvas of a Tirthankara, with a false view, and bound: 1. Human realm 2. Hell realm. A human being who has previously bound the lifespan of hell can have the Sattvas of a Tirthankara in the Micchattva Gunasthanas, because they will become a Micchattva within one Antarmukhurta before being born in the second or third hell. Therefore, only one destruction related to the bound lifespan is possible in the human realm. However, a destruction related to the bound lifespan is not possible in the hell realm. A being in hell remains a Micchattva for one Antarmukhurta after being born, and then becomes a Samyagdristi and starts binding the Sattvas of a Tirthankara. The binding of the lifespan related to the future life in the hell realm occurs six months before death.