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Gommatasara Karmakanda - 509
**Special Meaning:**
Those who are in hell with the three hells of Dharma, etc., and are non-restrained, possess Right Faith, and are bound to 29 natural stations including the human realm, and those who are in the human realm and are bound to 30 natural stations including the Tirthankara. The remaining hell beings on Earth are bound to 29 natural stations including the human realm.
**Doubt:**
According to the verse 93, "Aviratādi cattāri titthayarabandhaparāmbhayā ṇarā kevalidugaṁte," etc., humans with the four qualities of Avirata, etc., begin to bind the Tirthankara nature near the Kevali and Shruta Kevali, then how is the binding of the Tirthankara nature in hell?
**Solution:**
Those who have previously bound the hell life, such humans begin to bind the Tirthankara nature in the first cessation or in the Vedaka or Kshayika Right Knowledge. The Vedaka Right Faith, at the time of death, becomes wrong faith and is born up to the third Earth. After becoming fully satisfied, they obtain Vedaka Right Knowledge and bind the time-bound Tirthankara nature.
The first cessation Right Faith, non-restrained, and those who are in the country-restrained quality station, are bound to 28 natural stations including the heavenly realm. The first cessation Right Faith humans who are non-restrained, country-restrained, or inattentive quality station, are bound to 28 natural stations including the heavenly realm, and 29 natural stations including the heavenly realm and Tirthankara. But those who are in the attentive quality station, are bound to 30 natural stations including the heavenly realm and the Aharaka, and 31 natural stations including the heavenly realm, Tirthankara, and the Aharaka. In the heavenly realm, the first cessation Right Knowledge is only up to the upper-most Graiveyaka, therefore, they are bound to 29 natural stations including the human realm, but not to 30 natural stations including the Tirthankara. Because those who bind the Tirthankara with the heavenly life, do not lose their Right Knowledge, and without becoming corrupt from Right Knowledge and obtaining wrong faith, they do not obtain the first cessation Right Knowledge. And the Vedaka Right Knowledge, only those who are in the attentive quality station, obtain the second cessation Right Knowledge by ceasing the seven natures with the three karmic results. The time of this Right Knowledge is an inter-moment. In the first moment of the inter-moment, they bind four natural stations including the heavenly realm, 28-29-30-31. From the first moment of the first part of the A-purva Karana quality station to the sixth part, they bind four natural stations including 28-29-30-31. From the seventh part to the subtle Samparaya quality station, they bind only one natural station at a time. And they do not bind the name karma until the end of the Upashanta Kshaya quality station. Descending from the Upashanta Kshaya quality station, they become non-restrained and bind two natural stations including 28 and 29, like those in the inattentive quality station. In this way, there are eight quality stations in the second cessation Right Knowledge. Ascending the series with the heavenly life, in all parts except the first part of the A-purva Karana, and descending, if there is sustenance, then in the Vaimanika Devas, as much as possible,
1. But according to the opinion of Dhavlakar, etc., the second cessation Right Knowledge is also produced in the fourth quality station of those who ascend the cessation series. (D. Pu. 1 p. 211)