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अध्याय-४
अपरा पल्योपममधिकम् ॥३३॥
सौधर्म और ऐशान कल्प में जघन्य स्थिति एक पल्योपम से कुछ अधिक
In Saudharma and Aiśāna kalpa, the minimum lifetime is a little over one palyopama.
Palyopama has already been explained (see sūtra 3-38). The word ‘aparā'means the minimum. Whose minimum lifetime is this? Of the deva in Saudharma and Aiśāna kalpa. How is it implied? It is implied since the next sūtra provides the minimum lifetime of the other deva.
The minimum lifetime of the rest is mentioned next.
परतः परतः पूर्वापूर्वाऽनन्तराः ॥३४॥ जो पूर्व-पूर्व के युगलों की उत्कृष्ट स्थिति है वह अनन्तर-अनन्तर के युगलों की जघन्य स्थिति होती है।
The maximum lifetime in the immediately preceding kalpa is the minimum lifetime in the next kalpa.
It is like this. The maximum lifetime in Saudharma and Aiśāna kalpa is a little over two sāgaropama. That plus one 'samaya' is the minimum lifetime in Sanatkumāra and Mahendra kalpa. The maximum lifetime in Sanatkumāra and Mahendra kalpa is a little over seven sāgaropama. That plus one 'samaya' is the minimum in Brahma and Brahmottara kalpa. Similarly with regard to the rest. The maximum lifetime of the infernal beings has been described (see
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