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326. The preceding increase having been repeated (as many times as there are spatial units) in an innumerable part of a (linear, finger, the next increase takes place one time. Certainly this is done again and again till the last increase, (i. e. every one of 6 increases is repeated an innumerable part of a linear finger before the next one is taken).
Commentary. Six fold increase may best be explained by an illustrative statementLet infinite be represented by
innumerable ,, numerable
, , 2. and let the first figure subject to increase be 48.
(1) Infinite part increase = 48 + 4 = 48 + 6 = 54. (2) Innumerable,
=- 54.51-54 + 18 - 72, (3) Numerable ,
= 72+ 7 = 72 + 36-108. (4) Numerable fold
= 108 108 x 2-108 + 216 -324, (5) Innumerable fold
= 324 + 324 x 3-324 +972-1296. (6) Infinite fold , , -1296 + 1296 x 8 --1295 + 10368 - 11664.
Thus if all the 6 kinds of increase take effect once on 48, it would amount to 11664.
Now let us see how this six-fold increase takes effect as stated in gatha 326, on the minimum scriptural knowledge called paryaya knowledge, possessed by a non-developablo tine Nigoda vegetable vide gatha 321.
The infinite part increase takes place as many times as there are spatial units in an innumerable part of a linear finger (Suchiangula), thereafter the innumerable part increase takes place only once. And again the infinite part increase takes place as many times as there are spatial units in an innumerable part of a linear finger, after which, the innumerable part increase shall take place a second time. Then again the infinite part increase shall happen as before, and the innumerable part increase once again. Proceeding in this manner the innumerable part increase should take place as many times as there are spatial units in an innumerable part of a linear finger. Then again the infinite part increase should take place as many times as there are spatial units in an innumerable part of a linear finger. There-after the numerable part increase
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