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Chhakhandagam
Abhavyatva and Sasadan Samyagdrstitva are parinaamik bhavas. The remaining gati, etc., all the marganantargaat jeevas, are due to the uday of their respective karmas. Anahaarakatva also occurs due to the uday of karma and also due to kshayikalabdhi.
Describing time in relation to a single jeeva, the jghan and utkrishta kalasthiti of the jeeva in each margana has been described. In jeevasthan, the description of time is done in relation to one jeeva and many jeevas in gunasthans, but here it is done in relation to only one jeeva in the marganas. Therefore, here in the description of time, the description of kayasthiti along with bhavasthiti has also been done. The state of one bhava is called bhavasthiti and the state of many bhavas without the abandonment of one kaya is called kayasthiti. For example, if the lifespan of a single tras jeeva in the present bhava is antarmuhurt praman, then this is its bhavasthiti. And if that jeeva dies as a tras, becomes a tras again, and continues to be a tras without becoming a sthavar, then it can remain a tras for more than two thousand sagaropama kalas, which is a very long time, before reaching the utkrishta koti. This is called its kayasthiti.
It is worth considering how many bhavasthitis and kayasthitis each jeeva has.
In this way, in this Khuddabandh, the number, kshetra, sparshan, kal, antar, bhaga-bhag, and alp bahutva of the jeevas who are bound by karma through the remaining anuyogadwars have been described in great detail. Its alp bahutva is unprecedented. In it, the alp bahutva of each margana is described separately, and finally, in the form of Mahadantak, the hinaadhikta of the number of jeevas in all marganas is also presented.
The reason for the many ways in which the alp bahutva of almost every margana is described in this Khuddabandh is worth investigating. It seems that A. Bhootbali first described the alp bahutva he received from his guru parampara, and then he considered it appropriate to also present the alp bahutva he received from the parampara of other acharyas.
_ After studying this section, which has such a detailed description, readers may wonder why it is called Khuddabandh even though it is so extensive? The answer is that in the sixth section of this book, A. Bhootbali has discussed bandh in great detail, and therefore it is also called Mahabandh, which is about thirty thousand shlokas long. Compared to that, this second section is small, hence it is called Khuddabandh.