The shortest duration of the grey Lesya is equal to the longest of the blue one plus one Samaya; the longest is one Palyopama plus (a still greater part of) an Asamkhyeya. (50)

I shall now describe the red Lesya as it is with gods, Bhavanapatis, Vyantaras, Gyotishkas, and Vaimanikas. (51)

The shortest duration of the red Lesya is one Palyopama, the longest two Sagaropamas plus one Palyopama and a part of an Asamkhyeya . (52)

The shortest duration of the red Lesya is ten thousand years, the longest two Sagaropamas plus one Palyopama and a part of an Asamkhyeya. (53)

The longest duration of the red Lesya plus one Samaya is equal to the shortest of the yellow Lesya; its longest, however, is ten muhurtas longer. (54)

The longest duration of the yellow Lesya plus one Samaya is equal to the shortest of the white Lesya; the longest, however, is thirty-three muhurtas longer. (55)

10. The black, blue, and grey Lesyas are the

lowest Lesyas; through them the soul is brought into miserable courses of life. (56)

The red, yellow, and white Lesyas are the good Lesyas; through them the soul is brought into happy courses of life. (57)

11. In the first moment of these Lesyas when they are joined (with the soul), the latter is not born into a new existence . (58)

In the last moment of all these Lesyas when they are joined (with the soul), the latter is not born into a new existence. (59)

While the last muhurta is running and a part of it is still to come, the souls with their Lesyas developed, go to a new birth. (60)

A wise man should, therefore, know the nature of these Lesyas; he should avoid the bad ones and obtain the good ones. (61)

Thus I say.

Footnotes

^196:2 The lesyas (adhyavasaya viseshah) are different conditions produced in the soul by the influence of different Karman; they are therefore not dependent on the nature of the soul, but on the Karman which accompanies the soul, and are, as it were, the reflection of the Karman on the soul, as stated in the following verse from the Avakuri: krishnadidravyasakivyat parinamo ya atmanah | spatikasyeva tatrayam lesyasabdah pravartate || The alteration produced on the soul, just as on a crystal by the presence of black things, &c., is denoted by the word lesya.' The Lesya, or, according to the above explanation, what produces Lesya, is a subtile substance accompanying the soul; to it are attributed the qualities described in this lecture.--The word lesa is derived from klesa; this etymology appears rather fanciful, but I think it may be right. For the Lesyas seem to be the Klesas, which affect the soul, conceived as a kind of substance. The Sanskrit term Lesya is of course a hybrid word. It must, however, be stated that lesa occurs also in the meaning 'colour,' e.g. Sutrakrit. I, 6, 13, and that the Prakrit of klesa is kilesa.

^197:1 Sapindus Detergens.