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Commentary.
Mundane souls are said to be material from the figurative point of view, because every spatial unit of a mundane soul is full of infinite Karmic material molecules.
अजीवेय रुवी पुग्गलदव्वाणि धम्म इदरोवि ।
आगासं कालोविय चत्तारि रूविणो होंति ॥ ५६४ ॥ जीवेषु च रूपीणि पुद्गलद्रव्याणि धर्म इतरोपि ।
श्राकाशं कालोपि च चत्वारि रूपीणि भवन्ति ।। ५६४ ॥
584. In the non-living, matter substances (Padgala Dravya_are) material (Rūpi ). And the four, medium of motion (Dharma), and the other Medium of rest ( Adharma), Space (Akáshá) and time (Kála) are immaterial (Arúpí).
Commentary.
Padgula is so-called because it unites and forms into molecules and dissolves into particles, also it modifies in its attributes colour, smell, taste and touch. An atom is in a regular hexagonal. As substance it is one, as to modification, it is possible to say, that it has a six-fold modification from its six faces.
Sub-Chapter II. - Description of Differentia. उ जोगो वरणचऊ लक्खणमिह जीवपोग्गलाणं तु । गदिठागोग्गहवत्तणकिरियुवयारो दु धम्मचऊ ॥ ५६५ ॥ उपयोगो वर्णचतुष्कं लक्षणमिह जीवपुद्गलानां तु । गतिस्थानावगाहवर्तनक्रियोपकारस्तु धर्मचतुर्णाम् ॥ ५६५ ॥
565. The differentia (Lakshana) of soul, matter and the four (other substances ), medium of motion (medium of rest, space and time respectively, are) attention (Upayoga); the four attributes, colour, (smell, taste and touch); auxiliary help in the activity of motion (of soul and matter), of rest (of soul and matter), giving place (to all substances); and of alteration (in substances ).
गदिठायोग्गहकिरिया जीवाणं पुग्गलाणमेव हवे । धम्मतिये हि किरिया मुक्खा पुण साधगा होंति ॥ ५६६ ॥
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