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Chakkhandagama
The sāsādana-samyagdṛṣṭi jīvas (right-belief beings in the second gunasthāna) currently reside in only an infinitesimal part of the loka (universe). However, in the past, they have touched an area slightly less than eight and a half (8 1/2) rajus and slightly less than thirteen and a half (13 1/2) rajus. This means that with respect to the four categories of vihāravat-svastāna (residence), vedanā (feelings), kaṣāya (passions), and vaikriyika-samudghāta (manifestation of psychic powers), the sāsādana-samyagdṛṣṭi jīvas have touched eight parts out of the fourteen parts of the trasanāḍī (mobile organism), i.e., there is not a single region within the eight-raju-sized trasanāḍī that has not been touched by the sāsādana-samyagdṛṣṭis of the four gatis (destinies). This eight-raju-sized area within the trasanāḍī should be taken from the third nāraka (hell) up to the sixteenth svarga (celestial realm). The reason for this is that the bhavanavāsī devas (celestial beings) themselves go up to the third nāraka and down to the top of the first svarga. However, through the efforts of the higher svargas, they can also travel up to the sixteenth svarga. Due to their extensive travel in this area, there is not a single space within this region that has not been touched by the bodies of these devas of the second gunasthāna. This touched area is called the eight-part (of the fourteen-part) loka-nāḍī (universal organism) touched area. The reason for saying "slightly less" is that the bhavanavāsī devas go only up to the floor of the third pṛthivī (earth), where the nārakīs (hell beings) reside, but the floor of the third pṛthivī is two rajus lower than the middle loka. The floor of this pṛthivī is one thousand yojanas thick and solid, where no nārakīs are found, but only the beings above it reside. Therefore, the traveling devas do not go up to the floor of the third pṛthivī, but only up to its upper part. This one-thousand-yojana reduction is the reason for using the term "slightly less" here. Wherever the term "slightly less" is used, the meaning should be understood in a similar manner. With respect to māraNāntika-samudghāta (manifestation of psychic powers at the time of death), the sāsādana-gunasthānavī jīvas have touched twelve parts out of the fourteen parts of the loka-nāḍī in the past. This means that the sāsādana-gunasthānavī nāraki beings, who are born in the middle loka, manifest māraNāntika-samudghāta up to there, and the same gunasthānavī bhavanavāsī and other devas manifest māraNāntika-samudghāta in the pṛthivīkāyika (earth-bodied) beings at the end of the upper loka. Thus, the five rajus from the base of Sumeru up to the sixth pṛthivī, and the seven rajus up to the end of the loka, together make up the slightly less than twelve rajus area that the beings of the second gunasthāna have touched in the past and will continue to touch in the future. The term "slightly less" should be understood in the manner explained earlier.