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The time of practical affairs is based on the five-fold divisions (of time). How is it so? The lump of clay, which is produced by external factors like the potter, etc., is dependent on others, and is said to be dependent on others, being subject to others, even though it is generated by the time of substance. Moreover, it is defined by specific actions like the movement of the sun, etc., and is the cause of the definition of another's birth, etc. That same time is different from the time of substance. Not so. The time of practical affairs, which is defined by the movement of the sun, etc., which is synonymous with the previously mentioned time, etc., is the cause of the time of substance, which is defined by the movement of the sun, etc.
Now, if the substance of dharma is the co-operative cause of the movement of the sun, etc., what is the purpose of time? Not so. The substance of dharma is the co-operative cause of the movement, and the substance of time also has many co-operative causes. Just as the potter, wheel, cloth, etc., are the causes of the creation of a pot, just as water, etc., are the causes of fish, etc., just as a cart, etc., are the causes of humans, just as mantras, medicines, etc., are the causes of the knowledge of the celestial beings, just as a chariot is the cause of the gods, etc., so too is the substance of time the cause of movement. Where is it said? It is said further, "The living beings, who are the bodies of the poggala, are active due to the time-making."
Now, if the time taken to cross one region by a single atom is the definition of time, then how many regions are crossed in the time of fourteen rajjus, which is one time? Not so. The generation of time, which is said to be due to the crossing of one region, is said to be due to slow movement, and the crossing of fourteen rajjus, which is said to be one time, is said to be due to fast movement. There is no fault in this. An example is given here: Just as a certain Devadatta travels one hundred yojanas in one hundred days, and he travels one hundred yojanas in one day due to the power of knowledge, so too, in the case of fast movement, the crossing of fourteen rajjus in one time is not a fault.