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[218] **Sarvarthasiddhi**
[51198 563] It is to be understood that speech is of two types: **dravya-vacana** (material speech) and **bhava-vacana** (mental speech).
**Bhava-vacana** is **paudgalika** (composed of pudgalas) because it is caused by the destruction and pacification of **virya-antaraya** (obstacles to energy), **mati-jnana-avaran** (veil of knowledge), and **sruta-jnana-avaran** (veil of scriptural knowledge) karmas, as well as the **anga-upanga** (limbs and sub-limbs) karmas. In the absence of pudgalas, **bhava-vacana** would not exist.
**Dravya-vacana** is also **paudgalika** because pudgalas, driven by the soul with its inherent capacity for action, transform into speech. This is further confirmed by the fact that **dravya-vacana** is the object of the auditory sense.
**Question:** Why is speech not the object of other senses?
**Answer:** Because it is not suitable for their perception, just as the scent of a fragrant substance is not perceived by the taste sense.
**Question:** Is speech immaterial?
**Answer:** No, because speech is perceived by the senses, it is obstructed by material objects, it is disrupted by adverse winds, and it is overpowered by other factors. This proves that speech is material.
**Mind** is also of two types: **dravya-mana** (material mind) and **bhava-mana** (mental mind).
**Bhava-mana** is **paudgalika** because it is characterized by perception and use, and it depends on pudgalas.
**Dravya-mana** is also **paudgalika** because pudgalas, which are conducive to the soul's well-being by facilitating the destruction and pacification of **jnana-avaran** (veil of knowledge) and **virya-antaraya** karmas, as well as the **anga-upanga** karmas, and by enabling the soul to contemplate virtues and vices, remember, and engage in other activities, transform into mind.
**Question:** Some argue that mind is a separate substance, devoid of transformations like form, and is merely an atom. Therefore, it is not **paudgalika**.
**Answer:** This argument is incorrect. Why? Let's examine it. This mind is either connected to the soul and the senses or unconnected. If it is unconnected, it cannot benefit the soul, nor can it serve as an advisor to the senses. If it is connected, then the atom of mind connected to one location cannot benefit other locations.
**Question:** Could it be that this mind, like a spinning wheel, moves around all locations due to the influence of an unseen force?
**Answer:** No, because the unseen force lacks such capacity. The unseen force, being immaterial and inactive, cannot initiate action elsewhere. However, a specific type of air, which is **paudgalika**, is capable of doing so.
Similarly, the **karman** body, like a physical body, produces results when it comes into contact with material objects like sugar and thorns. This indicates that the **karman** body is also **paudgalika**.