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Tattvārthasūtra
deva should be described next in regular order. But that of the heavenly (vaimānika) deva is described next. Why? So that the lifetime of the peripatetic (vyantara) and the stellar (jyotişka) deva can be mentioned briefly, later on. Lifetime in the first two kalpa among the heavenly (vaimānika) deva is now mentioned.
सौधर्मेशानयोः सागरोपमेऽधिके ॥२९॥
सौधर्म और ऐशान कल्प के देवों की उत्कृष्ट आयु दो सागरोपम से कुछ अधिक है।
In Saudharma and Aiśāna kalpa the maximum lifetime is a little over two sāgaropama.
In the sūtra, sāgaropama is dual. Hence the meaning is two sāgaropama. ‘Adhike'denotes ‘a little over'. Up to what does ‘adhike’apply? Up to Sahasrara kalpa. How is this ascertained? From the particle 'tu', in the later sūtra (4-31). It follows that the lifetime of deva in Saudharma and Aiśāna kalpa is a little over two sāgaropama.
The lifetime in the next two kalpa is described now.
सानत्कुमारमाहेन्द्रयोः सप्त ॥३०॥ सानत्कुमार और माहेन्द्र कल्प के देवों की उत्कृष्ट आयु सात सागरोपम से कुछ अधिक है।
In Sānatkumāra and Māhendra kalpa it is a little over seven sāgaropama.
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