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THE KALPAS AND THEIR LORDS
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regard to the rest. The arrangement must be understood in accordance with the scriptures. Therefore, the kalpas must be taken in pairs along with 'one above the other.' The first pair consists of Saudharma and Aisana Kalpas. Higher up are Sānatkumāra and Mahendra, higher still Brahma and Brahmottara, and still higher Lantava and Kapiṣṭha. Higher up are Sukra and Mahāśukra, higher still Satara and Sahasrara, higher still Arana and Acyuta. At the top and at the bottom, each kalpa must be understood to have one lord. In the middle there is one lord for every two kalpas. This is the purport. There are four lords for the four kalpas of Saudharma, Aišāna, Sanatkumāra and Mahendra. There is one lord named Brahma for the two kalpas of Brahma and Brahmottara. Lantava is the lord of Lantava and Kapiṣṭha Kalpas. Sukra is the lord of Sukra and Mahāšukra Kalpas. Satara is the lord of Satara and Sahasrara Kalpas. There are four lords for the four kalpas of Anata, Pranata, Arana and Acyuta. Thus there are twelve lords for the devas residing in the kalpas.
Mount Meru of Jambudvipa is embedded in the earth to a depth of 1,000 yojanas and is 99,000 yojanas high. Below it is the lower world. That which extends transversely within this range (namely the height of Mount Meru) is the transverse world. Above it is the upper world. The crest of Meru is of the height of forty yojanas. And the celestial car called Rjuvimana, the Indraka of Saudharma Kalpa, is only one hair's breadth from the crest of Mount Meru. Other details must be ascertained from Lokānuyoga. Why is the word nava mentioned separately as navasu graiveyakeṣu? It is intended to indicate that there are other nine vimanas called Anudiśa Vimanas. By this the Anudiśas must be understood to have been included.
The next sutra describes the characteristic differences of Vaimānikas from one another.
स्थितिप्रभावसुखद्यतिलेश्याविशुद्धीन्द्रियावधिविषयतोऽधिकाः ॥ २० ॥ Sthitiprabhavasukhadyutileśyāviśuddhindriyāvadhivişayato adhikāḥ
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