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THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE JAINAS.
Commentary. Dripping is the number of molecules of particular Karma which are shed is one instant. It should be known that Karmic molecules bound at a particular instant begin to operate after passing the quiescence. Then those molecules are distributed over all the ins - tants of the duration minus ábádhá. In each instant thereafter there is a shedding of a lesser number of molecules than in the former, by a common difference (Chaya). Their proportion and distribution has been illustrated in Gatha No. 5.
आबाहं बोलाविय पढमणिसेगम्मि देय बहुगं तु। तत्तो विसेसहीणं बिदियस्सादिमणिसेओत्ति ॥ १६१ ॥ श्राबाधां वा अपलाप्य प्रथमनिषेके देयं बहुकं तु । ततो विशेषहीनं द्वितीयस्यादिमनिषेक इति ॥ १६१ ॥
181. After passing the quiescence, the greatest (num. ber of molecules) should be assigned to the first dripping (of the first Gunahání), (i.e., the greatest number of molecules will be shed in the first instant of any dripping). Then reduce (at each instant) by the common difference (Chaya) or(Nishekha) up to the first dripping of the next Gunahání). (See note to Gatha 5).
बिदिये बिदियणिसेगे हाणी पुब्विल्लहाणिअद्धं तु । एवं गुणहाणिं पडि हाणी अद्धद्धयं होदि ॥ १६२॥ द्वितीये द्वितीयनिषेके हानिः पूर्वहान्य तु । एवं गुणहानि प्रति हानिः अर्धाधं भवति ॥ १६२ ॥
162. In the second (and other) drippings of the second (Gunaháni), the common difference (is) half of the common diffierence of the first (Gunáhani) and similarly in each Gunaháni the common difference (Chaya) is half of that in (the preceding one).
Commentary. If the unit of bondage be assumed as 6300 molecules, as in note to Gatha 5, and the period of their shedding, after deducting Ábádhá be 48 instants, the number of molecules in the first dripping
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