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in Parináma is (Innumerable part of a Palya)",
except for one-sensed souls for which it is. Innumerable part of a Palya)".
The maximum birth vibratory division of a 5-sensed rational developable soul is Innumerable part of a Palya times the minimum increasing vibratory division of a one-sensed the fine completely undevelopable soul.
Note that in the Chart above undevelopable means completely undevelopable and developable includes potentially developable.
अवरुक्कस्सेण हवे उववादेयं तवढिठाणाणं ।
एकसमयं हवे पुरा इदसिं जाव अट्ठोत्ति ॥ २४२ ॥ अवरोत्कृष्टेन भवेत् उपपादैकान्तवृद्धिस्थानानाम् । एकसमयो भवेत् पुनः इतरेषां यावदष्ट इति ॥ २४२ ॥
212. The minimum and maximum duration of the continuing of a birth or increasing vibratory division is one instant. And of the others (i. e. of changing vibratory divisions) is (two) to 8 instants.
Commentary.
This is evident because the birth vibratory division is confined to the first instant of the birth; and an increasing vibratory division also lasts for one instant, because there is an increase in it every instant. A changing vibratory division lasts at least for 2 instants and its maximum duration is 8 instants.
अट्ठसमयस्स थोवा उभयदिसासुवि असंखसंगुणिदा । चउसमयोति तहेव य उवरिं तिदुसमयजोग्गा
॥ २४३ ॥ अष्टसमयस्य स्तोका उभयदिशयोरपि असंख्य संगुणिताः । चतुःसमय इति तथैव च उपरि त्रिद्विसमययोगाः ॥ २४३ ॥
243. (The changing vibratory divisions which have the maximum duration) of 8 instants are the fewest. And on both the sides of this duration up to (the vibrations which last for) four instants, (each division has) an innumerable times of the preceding one. And above that (are) the vibratory divisions, (the duration of which is) three or two instants'.
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