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## Gommatasara Karmakanda - 790
This verse explains how the time-bound merit (samayabaddha pramaan) remains in the soul. It should be understood along with the attached triangular diagram.
**The method of joining this triangular diagram is explained below:**
**raftमगुणहाणीणं, धणमंतिमहीणपढमदलमेत्तं । पढमे समयपबद्धं, ऊणकमेणट्टिया तिरिया ।। ९४४ ।।**
**Meaning:** In the triangular diagram, the sum of the prohibitions written in the first row of the first ganik yamanik is the time-bound merit. The sum of the second and subsequent prohibitions, starting from the second prohibition to the last prohibition, is the sum of the second and subsequent prohibitions, which is subtracted from the sum of the last prohibition. Half of this difference is the time-bound merit (gunahani samayabaddha) multiplied by the sum of the first prohibition.
**Special Meaning:** In this triangular diagram, the first prohibition of the first gunahani is written in the first row. The prohibitions written in the rows above are the second and subsequent prohibitions of the first gunahani. After the rows of the gunahani are complete, the row above is the first prohibition of the second gunahani, and the row above that is the second prohibition. In this way, after the rows of the gunahani are complete, the row above is called the first prohibition of the third gunahani. This sequence should be understood until the last gunahani. This half is clearly explained with the previous verse and the triangular diagram.
**Now, the different types of states are explained:**
**अंतोकोडाकोडीदित्ति सव्वे निरंतरङ्गाणा ।
उक्कस्ट्टाणादो, सपिणस्स य होंति णियमेण ।। ९४५ ।।**
**Meaning:** The different types of states, from the highest state of the seven stages of the soul with the five senses (sanjeevi panchendriya jeeva) to the lowest state of the Antah Koda Koti Sagar, are in a continuous sequence, each with a different time-bound merit.
**Special Meaning:** If the lowest state of the karma with the highest state of 20 Koda Koti Sagar is Antah Koda Koti Sagar, then what would be the lowest state of the karma with the highest state of 30 Koda Koti Sagar? By using the rule of three, it would be one and a half Antah Koda Koti.