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Sixth Karmagranth
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It is possible to attain the क्षपक श्रेणी and destroy the eight middle कषायों within the time of an अन्तर्मुहूर्त. The उत्कृष्टकाल for this is thirty-three सागर because the जीव can remain in the twenty-one प्रकृतिक सत्तास्थान for that duration.
Of the twenty-one प्रकृतिक सत्तास्थान, the four अप्रत्याख्यानावरण and four प्रत्याख्यानावरण, these eight प्रकृति are destroyed, resulting in thirteen प्रकृतिक सत्तास्थान. This is attained in the ninth गुणस्थान of the क्षपक श्रेणी. Its जघन्य and उत्कृष्ट time is an अन्तर्मुहूर्त. This is because it takes an अन्तर्मुहूर्त to attain twelve प्रकृतिक सत्तास्थान from thirteen प्रकृतिक सत्तास्थान.
From these thirteen प्रकृतिक सत्तास्थान, when the नपुंसक वेद is destroyed, twelve प्रकृतिक सत्तास्थान is attained. This is also attained in the ninth गुणस्थान and its जघन्य and उत्कृष्ट time is an अन्तर्मुहूर्त. This is because it takes an अन्तर्मुहूर्त to attain eleven प्रकृतिक सत्तास्थान from twelve प्रकृतिक सत्तास्थान.
A जीव who ascends to the क्षपक श्रेणी with the उदय of नपुंसक वेद, experiences the क्षपणा of नपुंसक वेद along with the destruction of स्त्रीवेद. Therefore, such a जीव does not attain twelve प्रकृतिक सत्तास्थान. For a जीव who has attained twelve प्रकृतिक सत्तास्थान through the destruction of नपुंसक वेद, the destruction of स्त्रीवेद results in eleven प्रकृतिक सत्तास्थान. This is attained in the ninth गुणस्थान. Its जघन्य and उत्कृष्ट time is an अन्तर्मुहूर्त. This is because it takes an अन्तर्मुहूर्त for the destruction of the six नोकषायों like हास्य.
From eleven प्रकृतिक सत्तास्थान, the destruction of the six नोकषायों results in five प्रकृतिक सत्तास्थान. Its जघन्य and उत्कृष्ट time is...