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THE MAXIMUM DURATION OF KARMAS
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provious sutra. This also occurs in the case of the wrong believer, who is endowed with the five senses and the mind and who has attained completion.
The maximum duration of the name and the status-determining karmas is mentioned next.
विंशतिर्नामगोत्रयोः Vimsatirnāmagotrayoḥ
(16) 16. Twenty sāgaropamakotikoti is the maximum duration of the name-karma and the status-determining karma.
'Sāgaropamakotikoti maximum duration' is taken from the previous sutra. This also occurs in the case of the wrong believer, who is endowed with the five senses and the mind and who has attained completion. With regard to the rest it must be understood as indicated in the scriptures. What is the maximum duration of life?
वयत्रिंशत्सागरोपमाण्यायुषः
Trayastrimśatsāgaropamānyäyuşaḥ (17) 19. Thirty-three sāgaropamas is the maximum duration of life.
The mention of 'sāgaropama' in the sutra once again is intended to exclude kotikotī. The maximum duration is supplied from the previous sutra (14). This also occurs in the case of the wrong believer, who is endowed with the five senses and the mind and who has attained completion.
The maximum duration has been described. Now the minimum duration has to be described. Leaving (for the present) the five species, which have the same minimum duration, the author describes the minimum duration of the other three species in two sutras.
अपरा द्वादशमुहूर्ता वेदनीयस्य
Aparā dvādaśamuhūrtā vedaniyasya (18) 18. The minimum duration of the feeling-producing karma is twelve muhurtas.
'Aparā' means the minimum. The minimum duration of the fopling-producing karma is twelve muhūrtas.
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