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## The Excellent Duration of the Seven Natural Bonds:
The excellent duration of the seven natural bonds is **one-third of a ** *tribhaga* ** more than thirty-three *sagaras***, which is less than one *purva koti* year by an *antarmuhurt*. This is because when a human or a *tithancha* with a lifespan of one *purva koti* years has one division of their lifespan remaining, they experience a bond related to the *parbhava* until the *antarmuhurt* time. After the lifespan is exhausted, the being is reborn in the *dambas* or *narakas* with an excellent lifespan of thirty-three *sagaras*. When six months of their lifespan remain, they again experience a bond related to the *parbhava*. This is when they attain the excellent duration of their seven natural bonds.
## The Inferior and Excellent Duration of the Six Natural Bonds:
The inferior duration of the six natural bonds is **one *samaya***, and the excellent duration is **one *antarmuhurt***. This is because the six natural bonds belong to the *sukshmasampradha* *gunasthanavi* beings. Therefore, the *upshamaka* being with the aforementioned *gunasthan* who resides in the *sukshmasampradha* *gunasthan* for one *samaya* while ascending or descending the *upshama* *shreni* and dies to become a *samyagdristi* deva in the next *samaya*, has an inferior duration of one *samaya* for their six natural bonds. The excellent duration of the six natural bonds is considered to be one *antarmuhurt* because the excellent duration of the *sukshmasampradha* *gunasthan* is one *antarmuhurt*.
## The Inferior and Excellent Duration of the One Natural Bond:
The inferior duration of the one natural bond is **one *samaya***, and the excellent duration is **slightly less than one *purva koti* years**. This is because the being with the *upshama* *shreni* who resides in the *upshantamoha* *gunasthan* for one *samaya* and dies to become a deva in the next *samaya*, has an inferior duration of one *samaya* for their one natural bond. The human with a lifespan of one *purva koti* years who spends seven months in the womb and is born after eight years,