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TATTVĀRTHA SŪTRA : LIVING BEINGS : 29
• Anuśeni gatih || 27 || The motion is always along a straight line. (In the case of zig-zag
motion, the motion along one arm is implied here). (27)
• Avigrahā jīvasya || 28 || The (transmigratory) motion of a (liberating soul) is always along a
straight (non zig-zag) line only. (28)
• Vigrahavati ca samisārinah prākcaturbhyah || 29 || The worldly souls also have zig-zag (transmigratory) motion (in
addition to the one along a straight line). The zig-zag (transmigratory) motion is limited upto three (less than four) motions along straight lines. (29)
• Ekasamayo'vigrahah || 30 ||| The time period of (transmigratory) motion along a straight line is
limited to a 'Samaya'( An infinitesimally small period of time which is considered as the unit of time in the Jaina context). (30)
• Ekami dvau vā'nāhārakah || 31 ||| The soul remains Anāhāraka or without food
(transmigratory:) motion of one or two samaya. (31)
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Births And Birth-places - • Sammūrchanagarbhopapātā janma || 32 || “Births' are of three types - 1. Sammūrchana or by agglutination,
2. Garbha or through a womb, and 3. Upapāta or by sudden manifestation. (32)
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