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Bhagavati Sutra Bk. 8 Ch. 9
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जहण्णणं खुड्डागभवग्गहणं तिसमयऊणं उक्कोसेणं जा जस्स ठिई सा समयळणा कायव्वा । जेसिं पुण अत्थि वेउव्वियसरीरं तेसिं देसबंधो जहण्णेणं एक्कं समयं उक्कोसेणं जा जस्स ठिई सा समयऊणा कायव्वा जाव"मणुस्साणं देसबंधे जहण्णणं एक्कं समयं उक्कोसेणं तिण्णि पलिओवमाई समयऊणाई।
A. 315. Gautama ! The bondage of the whole lasts for a unit of countable time, while that of a part lasts for the smallest span in that species called kşullaka bhava less three units of countable time in the minimum and for 22,000 years less one unit of countable time in the maximum. Likewise, for all living beings, the bondage of the whole lasts for one unit of countable time, while that of a part, fluid body apart, lasts for the smallest span in that species less three units of countable time in the minimum and for the normal span in that species less one unit of countable time in the maximum. For those who have the fluid body, the bondage of a part lasts for a unit of countable time in the minimum and for the normal span in that species less one unit of countable time in the maximum, till for human beings, the bondage of a part lasts for one unit of countable time in the minimum and for three palyopamas less one unit of countable time in the maximum. ( For earth bodies, in one
muhurta, there are 12824 khullaka bhavas, to give an idea of what it is. )
प्रश्न ३१६-ओरालियसरीरबंधंतरं णं भंते ! कालओ . केवच्चिरं
होइ ?
__Q. 316. Bhante ! What is the time gap between one -bondage and another of the gross body ?
उत्तर ३१६-गोयमा ! सव्वबंधंतरं जहणणं खुड्डागभवग्महणं तिसमयऊणं उक्कोसेणं तेत्तीसं सागरोवमाइं पुव्वकोडिसमयाहियाई। देसबंधंतरं जहण्णेणं एक्कं समयं उक्कोसेणं तेत्तीसं सागरोवमाई तिसमयाहियाई।
A. 316. Gautama ! The time gap for the bondage of the
