Viyahapannatti 3.3.182

3.3.182

"Venerable Sir, how long in time is the entire duration of the negligent [state] for a negligent restrained [monk] remaining in negligent self-restraint?"
"Maṇḍiyaputta, with respect to a single jīva, at minimum it is one samaya, and at maximum it is a pūrvakoṭi less a fraction. With respect to various jīvas, it is all time."
"Venerable Sir, how long in time is the entire duration of the non-negligent [state] for a non-negligent restrained [monk] remaining in non-negligent self-restraint?"
"Maṇḍiyaputta, with respect to a single jīva, at minimum it is an antarmuhūrta, and at maximum it is a pūrvakoṭi less a fraction. With respect to various jīvas, it is all time."
"So it is, Venerable Sir! So it is, Venerable Sir!" Saying this, the revered ascetic Maṇḍiyaputta praised and bowed to the Śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, and having praised and bowed, he lived cultivating himself through self-restraint and austerity.