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of the right-belief-deluding Karma, he will become the second subsidential right believer (Dvitiyopashamasamyak-drishti); or by their destruction he will become the destructive-right-believer (kshayika-samyak-drishti). Then in one antarmuhurta, he would make thousands of journeys between the 6th and the 7th stages. Then would begin the thought-activity called (adhahkarana,) preparatory to going on to the subsidential or destructive ladder Note that, the destructive-right-believer (ksháyika) also can go up the subsidential ladder, if he is not advanced enough to destroy the 21 sub-classes of right-conduct-deluding Karmas.
जमा उबरिमभावा हेट्ठिमभावेहिं सरिसगा होति । तह्मा पढमं करणं अधापवत्तोत्ति णिदिई ॥४८॥ यस्मादुपरितनभावा अधस्तनभावैः सदृशका भवन्ति । तस्मात्प्रथमं करणमघः प्रवृत्तमिति निर्दिष्टम् ॥ ४८ ॥
48. Because the thought-activity of the posterior souls may become like that of the prior souls, therefore the first of the (3 kinds of) thought activity has been said to be lower thought-activity; (Adhahpravritta Karana.)
Commentary. Karana is the name of the thought-activity in which the purity of the soul increases infinite fold at every instant (Samaya). (Adhah) means lower in level. This activity is called Adhah Karanal because by it the soul on a lower level can quickly rise to the same level of purity as a soul who has gone up before.
अन्तो मुहुत्तमेत्तो तकालो होदि तत्थ परिणामा। लोगाणमसंखमिदः उवरुवरि सरिसवढिगया॥४६॥ अन्तर्मुहूर्त्तमात्रस्तत्कालो भवति तत्र परिणामाः। लोकानामसंख्यमिता उपर्युपरि सहशवृद्धिगताः ॥ ४६॥
49. The duration of this (Lower thought-activity or Adhah Karana) is one antarhmuhúrta, the thoughts in it are innumerable times the innumerable spatial units in the universe; and in the upper levels they increase in purity uniformly.
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