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[48] [Jiva-jiva-abhigamsutra] The result of accepting the specific dharma (particular dharma) of any object is called sakar-upayoga. It is said, "Pagaro u viseso". Therefore, the eight types of upayoga, which are five jnana and three prajnana, are sakar-upayoga. The result of accepting the general dharma of an object is called anakar-upayoga. The four types of upayoga, which are four darshan, are anakar-upayoga. It is said that there are twelve types of upayoga in total, eight sakar-upayoga and four anakar-upayoga. These subtle earth-bodied beings, having mati-ajnana and shruta-prajnana, are more inclined towards sakar-upayoga than anakar-upayoga. They are more inclined towards anakar-upayoga than acchushurdarshan upayoga. 18. Aharadwar - Ahar means to accept external pudgals. Subtle earth-bodied beings consume the infinite-region skandha from dravya. The countable-region and uncountable-region skandha are not consumable by the being. They consume the skandha that resides in the uncountable regions of the field. They consume the pudgal-skandha that is in any state from the perspective of time. They consume the skandha that is in any state, whether it is in the lowest state, the middle state, or the highest state. From the perspective of bhava, they consume pudgals that have color, smell, taste, and touch. Because every atom has one color, one smell, one taste, and two touches. From the perspective of color, they consume pudgals that have one color, two colors, three colors, four colors, and five colors, considering the common concern (sthanamaargana). And from the perspective of differentiation (bhedamargana), they consume pudgals that are black, blue, red, yellow, and white. This statement should be understood from the perspective of vyavaharanaya. From the perspective of vyavahar, there is one color, two colors, etc. Otherwise, from the perspective of nischyanaya, all five colors are found in the smallest infinite-region skandha. There is also a difference in the specific color like Krishna, etc. Therefore, the question was asked, "What kind of black-colored pudgals do the subtle earth-bodied beings consume? Are they one-quality black, ten-quality black, countable-quality black, uncountable-quality black, or infinite-quality black?" The answer is that they consume pudgal-skandha that is one-quality black to infinite-quality black. Similarly, one should understand the same for two smells and five tastes. From the perspective of touch, they do not consume pudgals that have one touch, two touches, or three touches, but they consume pudgals that have four touches, five touches, up to eight touches. From the perspective of differentiation (bhedamargana), they consume the rough to the coarse. They consume one-quality rough to infinite-quality rough in the rough, etc., touches. Similarly, one should understand the same for all eight touches.