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## The Fifth Karma Granth
### 347
The method of depositing the collected dalikas must be observed. Moreover, for the creation of the guna-shreni, the dalika that is being collected should be seen as having an infinite number of gunas, increasing with each subsequent time period. It is said:
**First Time Period**
"In the case of dalikas, the tiṣmaṇa-upāpati is established in the vyāma, and it is not multiplied by any guna. It is collected in the first time period, and in the second time period, it is multiplied by an infinite number of gunas. In this way, with each time period, it becomes infinitely large, until it reaches the end of the antarmūhūrta."
**Time of Deposition**
Here, the measure of the antarmūhūrta is from the cessation of the previous karma to the rising of the sun. The dalika is deposited in the remaining time periods after the vedana has subsided, but not in the time period of the rising of the sun.
The time period for the creation of the guna-shreni, which is the form of the dalika, should be considered slightly longer. During this time period, the guna-shreni increases. It is said:
**The Ladder of Time**
"Know that the time period is equal to the number of vrṣṇaya-karana. The dalika is deposited in the remaining time period after the rising of the sun."
**Meaning**
Now, what is the nature of the guna-shreni? It takes the dalikas from the previous state and deposits them in each time period from the time of the rising of the sun to the end of the antarmūhūrta, multiplying them by an infinite number of gunas in each time period. It is also said:
"Taking the dalikas from the previous state, it deposits a few in the first time period, an infinite number of times more in the second time period, and an infinite number of times more in the third time period. In this way, at the end of the antarmūhūrta time period, it deposits an infinite number of times more dalikas."
This is the method of depositing the dalikas that were collected in the first time period. In the same way, the method of depositing the dalikas that were collected in the second and subsequent time periods should be known. For the creation of the guna-shreni, the dalikas are deposited in increasing numbers, multiplied by an infinite number of gunas, from the first time period to the end of the guna-shreni. It is also said:
"Taking the dalikas from the previous state, it deposits a few in the first time period..."