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**The duration of the lifespan of beings in the six realms**
[1,9-6,24]
The lifespan of humans and animals bound by the karma of hell and heaven is one *purva-koti* years. Their next lifespan is bound after two-thirds (3) of their current lifespan has passed. Therefore, the remaining one-third (3) of their current lifespan at the time of binding their next birth is the *utkrista* (best) obstacle time for the *utkrista* state of hell and heaven. Their *jghana* (worst) obstacle time is their *asankshepadha* time. All the options between the *asankshepadha* time and the *purva-koti* time are the medium obstacles.
**Obstacle** || 24 || Within the aforementioned obstacle time, the *nisheka-sthiti* (state of binding) of hell and heaven is free from obstacles. ||
Just as the *karma* of *jnana-avaran* (knowledge obscuration) etc., which are time-bound, cause obstacles through *apkarshana* (decline), *utkarshana* (rise), and *paraprakriti-sankraman* (transition to another nature) after the binding, similarly, they do not cause obstacles in the *karma* of lifespan which is time-bound. This *sutra* (aphorism) has been composed to express this meaning.
**Karma-dvi-di karma-nisheka** || 25 || The state of *karma* of hell and heaven is their *karma-nisheka* (binding of karma). || 25 ||
**Tiryak-ayu-manusa-au-ass-ukkas-so dvi-di-bandho tin-ni palido-vamani** || 26 || The *utkrista* state binding of the lifespan of animals and humans is only three *palyopam* (like three *palyas*). || 26 ||
This is their *nisheka-sthiti* (state of binding) specified, because, only three *palyopam* is found in animals and humans as the *utkrista* state of the *oudarik* (gross) body.
**Puvy-kodi ti-bhago ava-dha** || 27 || The *utkrista* obstacle time of the lifespan of animals and humans is one-third of a *purva-koti*. || 27 ||
**Obstacle** || 28 || Within this obstacle time, the *nisheka-sthiti* (state of binding) of the lifespan of animals and humans is free from obstacles. || 28 ||
**Karma-hidi karma-nisheka** || 29 || The state of *karma* of the lifespan of animals and humans is their *karma-nisheka* (binding of karma). || 29 ||
**Vi-indiya-ti-indiya-chauri-diya-vamana-santhan-khilya-sanghanan-suham-ap-aj-jatt-sadharan-na-man-am ukkas-so hidi-bandho at-thar-as sagaro-vam-ako-da-kodi-o** || 30 ||
The *utkrista* state binding of the beings of the nature of two-sense, three-sense, four-sense, *vamana-santhan* (dwarf body), *khilya-sanghanan* (small body), *sukshma* (subtle), *apar-yapt* (insufficient), and *sadharan* (ordinary) is only eighteen *koda-kodi* *sagaro-vam* (like eighteen *koda-kodi* oceans). || 30 ||
**At-thar-as vasas-da-ni ava-dha** || 31 || The *utkrista* obstacle time of these beings of the nature of two-sense etc. is only eighteen hundred years. || 31 ||