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-51168557 Chapter Five
[213 8554. Now, how the avagāha of jīvas is, that is explained.
The avagāha of jīvas is in the countless parts, etc., of the loka-ākāśa. ||15|| 8555. 'Loka-ākāśe' is understood here. One part of that which is divided into countless parts is called a countless part. That is the beginning of those which are countless parts, etc. In them, the avagāha of jīvas is to be known. For example, one jīva resides in one countless part. In this way, the avagāha of one jīva is to be known from two, three, four, etc., countless parts up to the entire loka. But the avagāha of many jīvas is in the entire loka. If one jīva resides in one countless part, how can an infinite number of jīvas with bodies reside in the loka-ākāśa according to the measure of dravya? The answer is that their residence is to be understood due to the difference between subtle and gross. The gross jīvas have bodies with resistance. The subtle jīvas, although they have bodies, are subtle, and therefore, even in the space that one nigoda jīva avagāhas, an infinite number of jīvas with ordinary bodies reside. They do not collide with each other or with the gross jīvas, so there is no conflict in the avagāha of an infinite number of jīvas in the loka-ākāśa.
556. Here, it is said that the space of one jīva is equal to the loka-ākāśa. How can it reside in the countless parts, etc., of the loka? It should be that it pervades the entire loka. To this, it is said:
Like a lamp, due to the contraction and expansion of the space of jīvas. ||16|| 8557. Because the soul is of an immaterial nature, due to its eternal bondage, it somehow takes on a material form. 1. Even though it has a body, A., Di. 1, Di. 2. 2. -Even though it avagāhas, Mu.