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Spoke 2 of the wheel

Suṣamā

सुषमा

Happy. Lasts 3 crore-crore sāgaropama.

Everything steps down by one degree: two palyopama of life, four thousand bows, food every second day. The wishing-trees still give freely.

Conditions match Hari Kṣetra and Ramyak Kṣetra.

Suṣamā-suṣamā4 ×10¹⁴ sāgar.Suṣamā3 ×10¹⁴ sāgar.Suṣamā-duḥṣamā2 ×10¹⁴ sāgar.Duḥṣamā-suṣamā1 ×10¹⁴ less 42k yrDuḥṣamā21,000 yearsDuḥṣamā-duḥṣamā21,000 yearsDuḥṣamā-duḥṣamā21,000 yearsDuḥṣamā21,000 yearsDuḥṣamā-suṣamā1 ×10¹⁴ less 42k yrSuṣamā-duḥṣamā2 ×10¹⁴ sāgar.Suṣamā3 ×10¹⁴ sāgar.Suṣamā-suṣamā4 ×10¹⁴ sāgar.AVASARPIṆĪ ↓descending · everything diminishesUTSARPIṆĪ ↑ascending · everything returnsKĀLA CAKRAone full turn =20 crore-crore sāgaropamaBharat and Airāvat onlywe are here5th spoke of a descending halfc. 2,500 of its 21,000 years goneThe twelve spokes are drawn equal. They are not: the first alone outlasts the last two beyond ordinary counting.
The wheel of time — Suṣamā highlighted

Measurements and counts

MeaningHappy
Length3 crore-crore sāgaropama
Human lifespan2 palyopama
Human height4,000 bows
Food taken2 days
In descending orderAvasarpiṇī spoke 2
In ascending orderUtsarpiṇī spoke 5

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समयं गोयम! मा पमायए

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

Uttarādhyayana Sūtra 10