Disclaimer: This translation does not guarantee complete accuracy, please confirm with the original page text.
[Sixfold Classification of the Fifth Understanding] [11 And the Nigoda-jiva, in nine ways, are to be considered in terms of their pervasiveness, all are infinite / 223. Bhagavan! Are Nigoda dravyas countable, uncountable, or infinite in number? Gautama! They are not countable, they are uncountable, they are not infinite. Similarly, their sufficient and insufficient sutras should also be stated. Bhagavan! Are subtle Nigoda dravyas countable, uncountable, or infinite in number? Gautama! They are not countable, they are uncountable, they are not infinite. Similarly, the sutras concerning sufficient and insufficient should also be stated. Similarly, the same should be said about the Badar Nigoda. Their sufficient and insufficient sutras should also be stated in the same way / Bhagavan! Are Nigoda-jiva dravyas countable, uncountable, or infinite in number? Gautama! They are not countable, they are not uncountable, they are infinite. Similarly, their sufficient sutras should also be known / Similarly, the subtle Nigoda-jiva, their sufficient and insufficient sutras, and the Badar, their sufficient and insufficient sutras should also be stated. (These are eighteen sutras in total, nine for Nigoda and nine for Nigoda-jiva, in terms of dravyas.) Bhagavan! Are Nigoda countable, uncountable, or infinite in number in terms of their expanse? Gautama! They are not countable, they are not uncountable, but they are infinite. Similarly, the sufficient and insufficient sutras should also be stated. Similarly, the subtle Nigoda and their sufficient and insufficient sutras should be stated / All these are infinite in terms of their expanse. Similarly, the Badar Nigoda and their sufficient and insufficient sutras should be stated. All these are infinite in terms of their expanse. Similarly, in terms of the expanse of the Nigoda-jiva, nine sutras should be stated as infinite. Discussion: The present sutra deals with the inquiry and answer regarding the number of Nigoda and Nigoda-jiva. The inquiry is made whether the Nigoda are countable, uncountable, or infinite? The answers to these questions are from two perspectives: in terms of dravyas and in terms of expanse / In terms of dravyas, the Nigoda are not countable, because the Nigoda that permeate all the lokas are immeasurable in terms of angula-samkhyeya-bhag. They are uncountable, because they are as vast as the expanse of countless lokas and akasha. They are not infinite, because only the knowers have not known them to be infinite / The three sutras related to the general Nigoda, the insufficient general Nigoda, and the sufficient general Nigoda should be known in the same way / Similarly, three sutras for the subtle Nigoda and three sutras for the Badar Nigoda - a total of nine sutras have been stated. The Nigoda-jiva are not countable, not uncountable, but infinite in terms of dravyas / Since there are infinite jivas in each Nigoda, the Nigoda-jiva are infinite in terms of dravyas. Similarly, in their insufficient and sufficient sutras, they should also be stated as infinite.