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लेस्साणुकस्सादोवरहाणी अवरगादवरवड्डी। सहाणे अवरादो हाणी णियमा परहाणे ॥ ५०५॥ लेश्यानामुत्कृष्टादवरहानिः अवरकादवरघृद्धिः। . स्वस्थाने अवरात् हानिनियमात् परस्थाने ॥ ५०५ ॥
505. In thought-paints, (the change) in their own. place (Svasthána) from the maximum (is) by minimum decrease (i. e., decrease by infinite part, Ananta Bhāga Háni) and (the change) from the minimum (is) by minimum increase, (i. e., increase by infinite part, Ananta Bhága Vriddhi). (And) necessarily, (the change) from the minimum (of every thought paint) to other place (Parasthána) is by decrease infinite fold, Ananta Guna Háni).
Commentary. Out of six Leshyás, three are bad and three are good. Black, blue and grey are bad. The thought activity in black is the worst. Pale, pink, and white are good. The best thought activity is in white. In each thought-paint, the change in degrees, from the highest impurity or purity to the lowest impurity or purity, respectively, will be by infinite part. But when it is to be transformed into its next thought-paint of low impurity or purity the change will be by infinite fold decrease. The highest impurity in black-thought-paint having decreased to its last decrease of infinite part, is at its lowest point of impurity. But the minimum impurity in the next, namely the blue thought-paint, will be by infinite fold decrease in the lowest impurity of black-thought-paint. And so on.
संकमणे छट्ठाणा हाणिसु वड्डीसु होति तण्णामा। परिमाणं च य पुत्वं उत्तकम होदि सुदणाणे ॥५०६॥ संक्रमणे षट्स्थानानि हानिषु वृद्धिषु भवन्ति तन्नामानि । परिमाणं च च पूर्वमुक्तक्रमं भवति श्रुतज्ञाने ॥ ५०६॥
506. (There are) 6 places (Shat-sthana) of decreases and increases in change (Sankramana, in each thought paint). Their names and measures are in the same order as bas been described before in (the chapter of) scriptural knowledge.
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