Uttarajjhayana 211.22.p1.34_3

211.22.p1.34_3

muhuttaddhaṃ tu jahannā | tettīsā sāgarā muhuttahiyā /
ukkosā hoi ṭhiī | nāyavvā kiṇhalesāe ||34||

Half a muhûrta is the shortest, and thirty-three Sâgarôpamâs plus one muhûrta is the longest duration of the black Lêsyâ. (34)
Half a muhûrta is the shortest, and ten Sâgarôpamâs plus one Palyôpamâ and a part of an Asamkhyêya is the longest duration of the blue Lêsyâ. (35)
Half a muhûrta is the shortest, and three Sâgarôpamâs plus one Palyôpamâ and a part of an Asamkhyêya is the longest duration of the grey Lêsyâ. (36)
Half a muhûrta is the shortest, and two Sâgarôpamâs plus one Palyôpamâ and a part of an Asamkhyêya is the longest duration of the red Lêsyâ. (37)
Half a muhûrta is the shortest, and ten Sâgarôpamâs plus one muhûrta is the longest duration of the yellow Lêsyâ. (38)
Half a muhûrta is the shortest, and thirty-three Sâgarôpamâs plus one muhûrta is the longest duration of the white Lêsyâ. (39)
I have described above the duration of the Lêsyâs generally; I shall now detail their duration in the four walks of mundane existence. (40)
The shortest duration of the grey Lêsyâ (of a denizen of hell) is ten thousand years, the longest three Sâgarôpamâs plus one Palyôpamâ and part of an Asamkhyêya. (41)
The shortest duration of the blue Lêsyâ (of a denizen of hell) is three Sâgarôpamâs plus one Palyôpamâ and a part of an Asamkhyêya, the longest ten Sâgarôpamâs plus one Palyôpamâ and a part of an Asamkhyêya. (42)
The shortest duration of the black Lêsyâ (of a denizen of hell) is ten Sâgarôpamâs plus one Palyôpamâ and a part of an Asamkhyêya, the longest thirty-three Sâgarôpamâs. (43)
I have described the duration of the Lêsyâs of denizens of hell; I shall now describe that of animals, men, and gods. (44)
The duration of any of the Lêsyâs except the best (viz. white one) is less than a muhûrta for (the lowest organisms), animals, and men. (45)
Half a muhûrta is the shortest duration of the white Lêsyâ (of animals and men), and the longest a Krore of former years less nine years. (46)
I have described the duration of the Lêsyâs of animals and men, I shall now describe that of the gods. (47)
The shortest duration of the black Lêsyâ is ten thousand years, the longest a Palyôpamâ and (a part of) an Asamkhyêya. (48)
The shortest duration of the blue Lêsyâ is equal to the longest of the black one plus one Samaya; the longest is one Palyôpamâ plus a (greater part of) an Asamkhyêya. (49)
The shortest duration of the grey Lêsyâ is equal to the longest of the blue one plus one Samaya; the longest is one Palyôpamâ plus (a still greater part of) an Asamkhyêya. (50)
I shall now describe the red Lêsyâ as it is with gods, Bhavanapatis, Vyantaras, Gyôtishkas, and Vaimânikas. (51)
The shortest duration of the red Lêsyâ is one Palyôpamâ, the longest two Sâgarôpamâs plus one Palyôpamâ and a part of an Asamkhyêya. (52)
The shortest duration of the red Lêsyâ is ten thousand years, the longest two Sâgarôpamâs plus one Palyôpamâ and a part of an Asamkhyêya. (53)
The longest duration of the red Lêsyâ plus one Samaya is equal to the shortest of the yellow Lêsyâ; its longest, however, is ten muhûrtas longer. (54)
The longest duration of the yellow Lêsyâ plus one Samaya is equal to the shortest of the white Lêsyâ; the longest, however, is thirty-three muhûrtas longer. (55)