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Gommatasara Karmakanda-348
Meaning: After the seventh sattva-sthana of the bound-lifespan, there is the 136-nature-form eighth sattva-sthana, which is different from the unbound-lifespan. Here, there are four bhangas (divisions) for the one whose two natures, devagati (heavenly path) etc., have been aroused. They are as follows:
- The first bhang is when a one-sensory or three-defective being, whose devadvik (heavenly pair) has been aroused, attains the 136-nature-form sattva-sthana in its own paryaya (cycle).
- The second bhang is when the same being, after death, is born as a human.
- The third bhang is when the same one-sensory or three-defective being, whose vaikriyaka-ashtak (eight vaikriyaka) has been aroused, is born as a five-sensory tiryanch (animal) after death. Here, even after binding six natures, devagati etc., it attains the 136-nature-form sattva-sthana without the 12, including the aharaka-chaturshka (four aharaka) etc. and the naraka-dvik (two naraka).
- The fourth bhang is when the same being, after death, is born as a human. Here, it binds the six natures, devagati etc., but binds only the 136 natures without the naraka-dvik. Therefore, this is the fourth bhang.
In comparison to the bound-lifespan, the eighth sattva-sthana is 136-nature-form. For a one-sensory or three-defective being with a false-view, whose devadvik has been aroused, the sattva-sthana of 136 natures is attained in the same paryaya without the 12 natures, including the aharaka-chaturshka, tirthankara, samyak-tva (right faith), samyag-mithyatva (right false-view), devagati-devagaty-anupurvi (heavenly path-heavenly path-sequential), and the three remaining ayus (lifespans) without the bhujyaman-tiryanch-ayu (enjoyed animal lifespan). This is the first bhang.
The second bhang is when the same one-sensory or three-defective being with a false-view, whose devadvik has been aroused, is born as a human after death. Due to the false-view in its apariapta-avastya (incomplete state), it does not bind the sura-chaturshka (four sura). Therefore, the sattva-sthana of 136 natures is attained without the 12 natures, including the aforementioned 1 and the three ayus without the bhujyaman-manushya-ayu (enjoyed human lifespan).
The third bhang is when the same one-sensory or three-defective being, whose vaikriyaka-sharira (vaikriyaka body), vaikriyaka-angopaanga (vaikriyaka limbs), devagati-devagaty-anupurvi, naraka-gati-naraka-gaty-anupurvi (hellish path-hellish path-sequential), vaikriyaka-sharira-bandhana (vaikriyaka body-binding), and vaikriyaka-sharira-sanghata-rupa-vaikriyaka-ashtak (vaikriyaka body-aggregate-form-vaikriyaka eight) have been aroused, is born as a five-sensory tiryanch after death. Here, it binds the sura-shatka (six sura), including devagati-devagaty-anupurvi, vaikriyaka-sharira-vaikriyaka-anupaja (vaikriyaka body-vaikriyaka-non-support), vaikriyaka-sanghata (vaikriyaka aggregate), and vaikriyaka-bandhana (vaikriyaka binding), but does not bind naraka-gati-naraka-gaty-anupurvi. Here, the sattva-sthana of 136 natures is attained without the 12 natures, including the aharaka-chaturshka, tirthankara, samyak-tva, samyag-mithyatva, naraka-gati, naraka-gaty-anupurvi, and the three ayus without the bhujyaman-tiryanch-ayu.
The fourth bhang is when the same one-sensory or three-defective being, whose vaikriyaka-ashtak has been aroused, is born as a human after death. Here, due to the binding of the sura-shatka, the sattva-sthana of 136 natures is attained without the 12 natures, including the aforementioned 9 and the three ayus without the bhujyaman-manushya-ayu.
In all these bhangas, there are only 136 natures. Therefore, the sattva-sthana is the same, but there are four ways in which the natures change. Hence, there are four bhangas.
In comparison to the bound-lifespan, the eighth sattva-sthana is attained by a one-sensory or defective-sensory being whose naraka-shatka (six naraka) has been aroused. It is attained without the bhujyaman-tiryanch-ayu and baddhyaman-manushya-ayu (bound human lifespan), but with the deva-naraka-ayu (heavenly-hellish lifespan), aharaka-chaturshka, tirthankara, samyak-tva, samyag-mithyatva, devagati-devagaty-anupurvi, naraka-gati-naraka-gaty-anupurvi, vaikriyaka-sharira, ...