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Sagaramettam ti ya satta, dasa,
Tittisam jāva
PAÑCALINGĪPRAKARAṆAṀ: 73
sattarasa taha ya bāvīsā |
thii, sattasu pudhavīsu ukkosā || 37 ||
Sagaramekam trīņi sapta daśa,
Trayastrimiśatam yāvat sthitiḥ,
saptadaśa tatha ca dvāvimisati
saptasu prthivīsu utkṛṣtā || 37 ||
For one, three, seven, ten and seventeen Sāgaropama,
the life abounds |
Twenty-two and thirty-three is, respectively,
maximum life-span on the seven hellish grounds || 37 ||
37. After describibg the dreadful misery and pain suffered by the hellish beings, the author also mentions the unimaginably long period of time for which such sufferings last. The maximum lifespans of the hellish beings in the seven hellish grounds are, respectively, up to one, three, seven, ten, seventeen, twenty-two and thirty-three Sagaropama (an uncalculably long period of time).
