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[149 This rule states that the lifespan of *padika* and others is diminished due to external causes. This is not the rule for others. The taking of the best is not a separate meaning for the purpose of demonstrating the excellence of the final body. Or the reading is 'final body'.
Thus ends the second chapter of the *Tattvartha-vritti*, known as *Sarvarthasiddhi*. ||2||
The final body has been taken as an adjective. One thing is clear that there has been a dispute about the word *uttama* from the beginning. That is why in *Sarvarthasiddhi*, the reading 'final body' has been indicated as a variant reading, and this variant reading was received by them from the previous tradition.
Thus ends the second chapter of the *Tattvartha-vritti* called *Sarvarthasiddhi*. ||2||
1. Reading. ||2|| The differences in the nature, characteristics, means, and object of the *jiva* are also discussed. The differences in motion, birth, womb, body, and gender, and the diminished lifespan are also discussed in this chapter. This is the connection. || *Tattvartha-mukhya* || Reading. ||2|| The differences in the nature, characteristics, means, and object of the *jiva* are also discussed. The differences in motion, birth, womb, body, and gender, and the diminished lifespan are also discussed there. || *Tattvartha-na* ||