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ment would lie between the time taken by them for movements up and down. As the writer of the Cürņi has put it,
egenaṁ samayenań uvayayi ahe naṁ joyanaṁ egeneva samayenaṁ tiriyaṁ divaddham gacchai uddhań do joyaņāņi sakko.
[ If Sakra goes one yojana in the downward direction in one time-unit, but two yojanas in the upward direction during the same time, then, in case of oblique movement, he goes one and a half yojanas during the same time. ]
14. For details, supra Sataka 1 Udde saka 2. 15. For details, supra Sataka 1 Udde saka 2.
16. The discussion on activities is relevant of those who have three types of activities, viz., of body, of mind and of words, not of those who have no activities. Six external expressions of activity are : throbbing, trembling, moving, pacing, walking and getting enthused. When indulging in activities, one cannot perform the final activity, nor terminate the cycle of life and death. The reason for this is that activities of body, mind and words have arambha, sarrambha and samarambha. Cf.
sarikappo saṁrambho paritāvakaro bhave samārambho arambho uddabao savvanayānam visuddhānań
[ Saṁrambha is decision to injure, Samārambha is to torture and ära mbha is killing. Such is the view of the best nayas.]
17. This is a state when one is fixed rock-like, without activity of body, mind or words, sailesi as it is called. For such one, all activities cease, and his activity before final exit becomes his final activity.
18. A man whose activities have ceased is the only one who has his final activity at death. In the case of the res
