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अध्याय-४
earth Ratnaprabhā is ten thousand years.
What is the minimum lifetime of the residential (bhavanavāsī) deva?
भवनेषु च ॥३७॥
भवनवासी देवों की जघन्य स्थिति दस हजार वर्ष की है।
The residential (bhavanavāsī) deva also have the minimum lifetime of ten thousand years.
What does 'ca' signify? It is intended to include the present subject. Therefore, it follows that the minimum lifetime of the residential (bhavanavāsī) deva also is ten thousand years.
If so, what is the minimum lifetime of the peripatetic (uyantara) deva?
व्यन्तराणां च ॥३८॥
व्यन्तर देवों की भी जघन्य स्थिति दस हजार वर्ष की है।
The peripatetic (vyantara) deva too have the minimum lifetime of ten thousand years.
The word 'ca' is intended to include the subject under consideration. Therefore, it is understood that the minimum lifetime of the peripatetic (vyantara) deva also is ten thousand years.
What is the maximum lifetime of the peripatetic (vyantara) deva?
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