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Tattvārthasūtra
The mountains and the regions are double and double in width up to Videha.
Those whose widths are double and double that of Bharata are meant. Whose widths are double and double? The widths of the mountains and the regions. Are all double in width? No. Up to Videha these are double of the preceding ones. What are the widths of the mountains and the regions in the north of Videha?
उत्तरा दक्षिणतुल्याः
॥२६॥
विदेह क्षेत्र से उत्तर के तीन पर्वत और तीन क्षेत्र, दक्षिण के पर्वत क्षेत्रों के समान विस्तार वाले हैं।
और
Those in the north are equal to those in the south.
By ‘uttarā’ the regions and the mountains from Airāvata and Nīla are taken. These are equal to those in the south, namely, Bharata, etc. This rule applies to all that has been described before. Therefore, the lakes, the lotuses, and the rest, are also equal in magnitude, etc. Are the experiences, and so on, of human beings the same or different in these regions?
भरतैरावतयोर्वृद्धिह्रासौ षट्समयाभ्यामुत्सर्पिण्यवसर्पिणीभ्याम्
॥२७॥
छह समयों की अपेक्षा से उत्सर्पिणी और अवसर्पिणी के द्वारा भरत और ऐरावत क्षेत्रों में जीवों के अनुभवादि की वृद्धि-हानि होती रहती है।
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