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LECTURE XXXIII.
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The number of atoms of every Karman is infinite; it is (infinitely) greater than (the number) of fettered? souls, but less than that of the perfected ones. (17)
The Karman in the six directions of space 2 binds all souls, and it binds the whole soul in all its parts in every possible way. (18)
The longest duration (of Karman) is thirty Krores of Krores of Sâgarðpamâs 3, and the shortest a part of a muhůrta. (19)
This holds good with both Âvarantyas, with Vêdaniya and Antarâya. (20)
The longest duration of Môhaniya is seventy Krores of Krores of Sâgarôpamâs, and the shortest a part of a muhurta. (21)
The longest duration of Ayushka is thirty-three Krores of Krores of Sâgarðpamás, and the shortest a part of a muhûrta. (22)
The longest duration of Naman and Gôtra is twenty Krores of Krores of Sâgarðpamâs, and the shortest eight muhûrtas. (23)
The number of perfected souls is infinite, and that
number of atoms is paêsaggam=pra dêsâgram, which is rendered paramânuparimâna.
i Ganthiyasatta=granthigasattva.
* The six directions of space are the four cardinal points, zenith and nadir. The commentators quote scripture that êkêndriyas, or beings with one organ of sense, are bound by Karman in three and more directions. The true meaning of this statement is beyond my grasp.-The Dîpikâ explains how Karman acts on the soul. The soul absorbs all material particles of a suitable nature (especially the karmapudgalas) with which it comes into contact, i.e. all that are in the same space with the soul, and assimilates them in the form of gñânâvaranîya, &c., just as fire consumes everything within its reach, but nothing beyond it.
* I.e. 3,000,000,000,000,000 Sâgarôpamás.
