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Commentary. The embodiments kaya are of six kinds (1) earth, (2) water (3) fire (4) air, (5) vegetable and (6) mobile bodies. Souls are accordingly earth, water, fire, air and mobile vegetable bodied. Mobile beings are ealled, Trasa, from the Sanskrit root, tras, to fear, because, they have the natural inclination to move away from objects of fear. Immobiles do not behave in this manner.
पुढवीत्राऊतेऊवाऊकम्मोदयेण तत्थेव । णियवएणचउकजुदो ताणं देहो हवे णियमा ॥ १८२॥ पृथिव्यप्तेजोवायुकर्मोदयेन तत्रैव । निजवणेचतुष्कयुतस्तेषां देहो भवेन्नियमात् ॥ १२ ॥
182. Bodies (of earth, water, fire, and air bodied souls) exist through the operation of the earth, water, fire, and air body-making Karmas, as a rule, with their colour quadrate (including smell, taste and touch), in their (respective materials).
Commentary. Each of the above four embodiments are of four kinds. Tak ing earth into consideration we have:
1. Earth in general, sámánya Prithvi.
2. Earth-soul, Prithvi-Jiva, the soul which is in transmigratory passage, Vigrahagati, immediately before being born as earth bodied.
3. Earth bodied soul, the soul which has taken an earth-body. (Prithvi Káyika).
4 Earth-body, (Prithvi Kava). Water, fire, and air also are of the above four kinds. बादरसुहुमुदयेण य बादरसुहुमा हवंति तदेहा। घादसरीरं थूलं अघाददेहं हवे सुहमं ॥१८३॥ बादरसूक्ष्मोदयेन च बादरसूक्ष्मा भवन्ति तदेहाः। घातशरीरं स्थूलमघातदेहं भवेत् सूक्ष्मम् ॥ १८३ ॥
183. (Their bodies are gross or fine through the operation of gross and fine-body-making Karmas.) Obstructive, (gháta) -body is gross, while non-obstructive (agháta,) body is fine.
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