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Guṇasthāna 5 of 14 · partial vows

5 · Deśavirata

देशविरत

Partial vows. Held for antarmuhūrta at the least, a little under a koṭi of pūrvas at the most.

Partial self-control, in three progressive degrees: abstention from gross injury, from wine and meat, and onward. The rung of the lay follower who has taken vows.

Held for an antarmuhūrta at the least and a little under a koṭi of pūrvas at the most. A fall is possible.

must fallSiddhaśilāthe groundthe two ladders begin1Mithyādṛṣṭiwrong beliefheld for antarmuhūrta – less than half a pudgalaparāvarta2Sāsvādanaa taste of right belief, fallingheld for 1 samaya – 6 āvalikā3Miśramixed beliefheld for antarmuhūrta4Avirata-samyagdṛṣṭiright belief, no vowsheld for antarmuhūrta – 33 sāgaropama and a human life5Deśaviratapartial vowsheld for antarmuhūrta – a little under a koṭi of pūrvas6Pramatta-saṃyatafull vows, with negligenceheld for antarmuhūrta7Apramatta-saṃyatafull vows, without negligenceheld for antarmuhūrta8Apūrvakaraṇaunprecedented effort — the two ladders beginheld for antarmuhūrta9Anivṛtti-bādarathe gross passions thinnedheld for antarmuhūrta10Sūkṣma-samparāyaonly subtle greed remainsheld for antarmuhūrta11Upaśānta-mohadelusion suppressed — the fall is certainheld for 1 samaya – antarmuhūrta12Kṣīṇa-mohadelusion destroyedheld for antarmuhūrta13Sayoga-kevalīomniscient, still embodiedheld for antarmuhūrta – a little under a koṭi of pūrvas14Ayoga-kevalīomniscient, motionlessheld for five short vowelsJñānāvaraṇaDarśanāvaraṇaVedanīyaMohanīyaĀyuNāmaGotraAntarāyastill bound4 of 14 · Avirata-samyagdṛṣṭithe destroyers' wayThe fourteen guṇasthānasdurations are Hemacandra's, Triṣaṣṭi appendix 1.3rungs evenly spaced; the durations are printed, not scaledeight squares: the karmas still bound at that rung
The fourteen guṇasthānas, rung by rung — 5 · Deśavirata highlighted

Measurements and counts

Rung5 of 14
Shortestantarmuhūrta
Longesta little under a koṭi of pūrvas
Fallyes
Karmas still bound8 of 8

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समयं गोयम! मा पमायए

Do not be heedless, Gautama, for even a single samaya.

Uttarādhyayana Sūtra 10