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626. Some say the number (of souls in each of the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th stages of) subsidential ladder (Upashama Shrení) to be 300; some 304; and some less than this by 5 i. e., 299), (but) know (these numbers to be) double (for souls) in (each of the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 12th stages of) destructive ladder, (Kshapaka shreni). सोलसयं चउवीसं तीसं छत्तीस तह य बादालं । अडदालं चउवगणं चउवएणं होत उवसमगे ॥ ६२७॥ षोडशकं चतुर्विंशतिः त्रिंशत् षट्त्रिंशत् तथा च वाचत्वारिंशत् । अष्टचत्वारिंशत्चतुःपंचाशत्चतुःपंचाशत् भवन्ति उपशमके ॥६२७॥
627. (The maximum number of souls who can go up) to the subsidential ladder (Upashama Shrení in consecutive 8 instants) is respectively 16, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 45, and 54. .
बत्तीसं अडदालं सट्टी बावत्तरी य चुलसीदी। छण्णउदी अहुत्तरसयमहुत्तरसयं च खवगेसु ॥२८॥ द्वात्रिंशदष्टचत्वारिंशत् षष्टिः द्वासप्ततिश्च चतुरशीतिः। षण्णवतिः अष्टोत्तरशतमष्टोत्तरशतं च क्षपकेषु ॥ ६२८ ।।
628. (The maximum number of souls who go up) to the Destructive ladder (Kshapaka Shreni in 8 consecutive. instants is respectively) 32, 8, 60, 72, 84, 496, 108, and 108.
अटेव सयसहस्सा अट्ठाणउदी तहा सहस्साणं । संखा जोगिजिणाणं पंचसयबिउत्तरं वंदे ॥ ६२६ ॥ अष्टैव शतसहस्राणि अष्टानवतिस्तथा सहस्राणाम् । संख्या योगिजिनानां पश्चशतयुत्तरं वन्दे ॥ ६२६ ॥
629. The number of vibratory omniscients (Sayogi Jina) is eight hundred-thousand, 98 thousand, 5 hundred and two (898,502). I bow to them.
Commentary. It is the maximum number of vibratory omniscients found at any one instant.
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