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of age-Karma can be increased or decreased in other declining-times, if age-Karma has already been bound in any previous declining time.
In order to illustrate the eight periods of declining-times let us suppose that a human being has got his operative age Karma for a duration of 6561 years. Then the 8 occasions will appear as shown below: Declining times.
| Period of remaining age. (1) After expiry of or 4374 years.
2187 years. of 1458
729 of 486
243 of 162, of 54 ,
27 , of 18 ,
of 6 » (8) ,
of 2 , Humans and sub-humans of enjoyment region bind their agearma when only 9 months are left in completion of their life-duration. Celestials and hellish beings bind it, when only six months are left in their life. All these also have the eight declining-times in the period of 9 or 6 months, respectively.
Humans and sub-humans of work-region where 8 decliningtimes for bondage of age-Karma occur during full length of their age are called Sopakramáyushka or with breakable age. They can die early by untimely shedding off of age-Karma molecules on account of suicide, murder, incurable disease, fire, railway accident etc. If no such disturbance occur, they would die after completing their age-Karma fully. Celestials, hellish, humans and subhumans of enjoyment-region as well as some great men out of 63 Shaláká Purushas (24 Tírthankars, 12 Chakravarties, 9 Náráyanas, 9 Balbhadras, and 9 Prati-náráyanas), who attain liberation from that life are called Anupakramáyushka or with unbreakable age. They die a natural death.
सेसट्टारसअंसा चउगइगमणस्स कारणा होति । सुकुक्कस्संसमुदा सव्वटुं जांति खलु जीवा ॥ ५१६॥ शेषाष्टादशांशाःचतुर्गतिगमनस्य कारणानि भवन्ति । शुक्लोत्कृष्टांशमृताः सर्वार्थ यान्ति खलु जीवाः ॥ ५१६ ॥
519. The remaining 18 parts are the causes of going in the 4 conditions of existence. And certainly the souls
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