A man who abstains from constant thinking about his misery and about sinful deeds, but engages in meditation on the Law and truth only , whose mind is at ease, who controls himself, who practises the Samitis and Guptis, whether he be still subject to passion or free from passion, is calm, and subdues his senses--a man of such habits develops the white Lesya. (31, 32)

8. There are as many varieties of Lesyas as there are Samayas in the innumerable Avasarpinis and Utsarpinis, and as there are countless worlds. (33)

9. Half a muhurta is the shortest, and thirty-three Sagaropamas plus one muhurta is the longest duration of the black Lesya. (34)

Half a muhurta is the shortest, and ten Sagaropamas plus one Palyopama and a part of an Asamkhyeya is the longest duration of the blue Lesya. (35)

Half a muhurta is the shortest, and three Sagaropamas plus one Palyopama and a part of an Asamkhyeya is the longest duration of the grey Lesya. (36)

Half a muhurta is the shortest, and two Sagaropamas plus one Palyopama and a part of an Asamkhyeya is the longest duration of the red Lesya. (37)

Half a muhurta is the shortest, and ten Sagaropamas plus one muhurta is the longest duration of the yellow Lesya. (38)

Half a muhurta is the shortest, and thirty-three Sagaropamas plus one muhurta is the longest duration of the white Lesya. (39)

I have described above the duration of the Lesyas generally; I shall now detail their duration in the four walks of mundane existence . (40)

The shortest duration of the grey Lesya (of a denizen of hell) is ten thousand years, the longest three Sagaropamas plus one Palyopama and part of an Asamkhyeya. (41)

The shortest duration of the blue Lesya (of a denizen of hell) is three Sagaropamas plus one Palyopama and a part of an Asamkhyeya, the longest ten Sagaropamas plus one Palyopama and a part of an Asamkhyeya. (42)

The shortest duration of the black Lesya (of a denizen of hell) is ten Sagaropamas plus one Palyopama and a part of an Asamkhyeya, the longest thirty-three Sagaropamas. (43)

I have described the duration of the Lesyas of denizens of hell; I shall now describe that of animals, men, and gods. (44)

The duration of any of the Lesyas except the best (viz. white one) is less than a muhurta for (the lowest organisms), animals, and men . (45)

Half a muhurta is the shortest duration of the white Lesya (of animals and men), and the longest a Krore of former years less nine years. (46)

I have described the duration of the Lesyas of animals and men, I shall now describe that of the gods. (47)

The shortest duration of the black Lesya is ten thousand years, the longest a Palyopama and (a part of) an Asamkhyeya. (48)

The shortest duration of the blue Lesya is equal to the longest of the black one plus one Samaya; the longest is one Palyopama plus a (greater part of) an Asamkhyeya. (49)