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SAYA XVIII.
padhamel VisāhaMāyandieya pāņâivāya4 Asure ya gula6 kevali? añagāres bhavie' taha Somil 10 aţthārase. The cadence of b is defective.
1. PADHAMA.
(731b) * a. [1] The single soul (jīve) and the single being (neraie etc. = HAMG) as well as souls (jīvā) and beings (neraiyā etc.) in general have no beginning as such (e.g. jīve ... jīvabhāveņam ... no padh a me apaļhame), whereas both the single perfect being and perfect beings in general (siddhe, siddhā) have a beginning as such. The same topic is then discussed at length in connection with different qualities possessed or not possessed by the soul(s), being(s) and perfect being(s). These qualities are: [2] attraction of matter (āhāraga, aņāhāraga), [3] capability of salvation (bhavasiddhiya, abh., no-bh.-no-abh.), [4] consciousness (sanni, as., no-s.-no-as.), [5] spiritual hue (salessa, al.), [6] belief (samma-, micchā- and sammāmicchā-ditthi), [7] self-control (samjaya, as., samjayâs., no-s.-no-as.-no-samjayâs.), [8] passion (sakasāya, ak.), [9] knowledge (nāņi, annāņi), [10] activity (sajogi, aj.), (11) imagination (sāgārôvautta, aņāgārôv.), [12] sex (savedaga, av.), [13] body (sasarīri, as.) and [14] the five developments (pajjatti, ap.). — A summarizing gāhā.
b. [1] The soul(s) and the perfect being(s) are endless (no carima acarima) as such whereas the being(s = HAMG) is (are) either having an end or endless as such. [2-14] The same topic discussed in connection with the qualities enumerated in a above. - A summarizing gāhā.
Those who are neither capable nor incapable of salvation (no-bhavasiddhiya-no-abhavasiddhiya) of course are the Liberated themselves; con
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