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## The Fifth Compendium
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The countless ascending, descending, and stationary souls are bound in the seven hells. These three natures are continuously bound even in the seventh hell.
The four natures of Ayukarma - hell, animal, human, and divine - have a very short and fleeting lifespan... because Ayukarma is bound only once in a lifetime, and that too for a maximum of a few moments.
The time of binding for the Audarik body, a type of Namkarma, ranges from the lowest to the highest, and is countless Pugal Paravarta. This is because a soul can bind the Audarik body for a period of time and then bind its opposite, the Baakriya body, etc. The time of countless Pugal Paravarta is considered because a soul born in a stationary body can remain in that body for countless Pugal Paravarta. During this time, it does not bind any other body except the Audarik.
The highest binding time for the seven Vedaniya is slightly less than one Purva Koti. When a soul binds the seven Vedaniya for a period of time and then binds its opposite, the Asata Vedaniya, for another period, then its time is considered as one period. When a Karmabhoomi human, after the age of eight, takes the Jain initiation and attains Kevalgyan, then for a period slightly more than eight years and less than one Purva Koti, the seven Vedaniya are continuously bound. This is because after the sixth Gunasthan, the opposite nature of the seven Vedaniya, the Asata Vedaniya, is not bound. And the highest lifespan of a Karmabhoomi human is one Purva Koti. Therefore...