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Tattvarthasūtra
sūtra 3-6). The minimum has not been mentioned. Though it is out of context here, still it is described in brief.
नारकाणां च द्वितीयादिषु ॥ ३५ ॥
उसी प्रकार से दूसरे इत्यादि नरक के नारकियों की पूर्व - पूर्व की उत्कृष्ट स्थिति ही अनन्तर- अनन्तर के नारकियों की जघन्य स्थिति है।
The same applies to infernal beings from the second infernal region onwards.
What for is 'ca' used? It is for taking over the rule just mentioned. What is it? The maximum of the immediately preceding is the minimum of the next one. From this the following meaning is inferred. The maximum lifetime of the infernal beings in the first earth Ratnaprabha is one sagaropama. That is the minimum in the second earth Sarkarāprabha. The maximum lifetime of infernal beings in the second earth is three sagaropama. And that is the minimum in the third, namely, Valukāprabhā, and so on.
Thus the minimum lifetime from the second earth onwards in the infernal region has been mentioned. What is the minimum in the first?
दशवर्षसहस्त्राणि प्रथमायाम् ॥३६॥
पहले नरक के नारकियों की जघन्य स्थिति दस हजार वर्ष की है।
The minimum lifetime in the first earth is ten thousand years.
"The minimum lifetime' is supplied. The minimum lifetime in the first
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