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[458] [Prajñāpanā Sūtra Āhāra-gaśarīre Aṇipitta-pamat-saṃjaya-samyagdṛṣṭi-paryāptak-saṅkhyāta-varṣāyuṣka-karmabhūmika-garbhaja-manuṣyāhāra-gaśarīre? Go-yamā! Iḍipitta-pamat-saṃjaya-samyagdṛṣṭi-paryāptak-saṅkhyāta-varṣāyuṣka-karmabhūmika-garbhaja-manuṣyāhāra-gaśarīre, ṇo aṇiḍipitta-pamat-saṃjaya-samyagdṛṣṭi-paryāptak-saṅkhyāta-varṣāyuṣka-karmabhūmika-garbhaja-manuṣyāhāra-gaśarīre. [1533-10 Pra.] (Bhagavan!) If there is an āhāra-gaśarīra for those who are born in the womb, who are karmabhūmika, who have a lifespan of a definite number of years, who are perfect in knowledge, who are restrained, who are heedless, and who have attained ṛddhis, then is there an āhāra-gaśarīra for those who are born in the womb, who are karmabhūmika, who have a lifespan of a definite number of years, who are perfect in knowledge, who are restrained, who are heedless, and who have not attained ṛddhis? [U.] Gautama! There is an āhāra-gaśarīra for those who are born in the womb, who are karmabhūmika, who have a lifespan of a definite number of years, who are perfect in knowledge, who are restrained, who are heedless, and who have attained ṛddhis, but not for those who are born in the womb, who are karmabhūmika, who have a lifespan of a definite number of years, who are perfect in knowledge, who are restrained, who are heedless, and who have not attained ṛddhis. / Discussion The present sūtra (Sū. 1533) discusses in ten parts who has a single type of āhāra-gaśarīra and who does not. Conclusion - There is only one type of āhāra-gaśarīra, and it is possessed by those who are born in the womb, who are karmabhūmika, who are perfect in knowledge, who are restrained, who are heedless, and who have attained ṛddhis. / 'Saṃjata' etc. words have special meanings. Those who are heedless are those who, due to the arising of karma such as delusion, and due to any heedlessness from the burning passions such as sleep, find it difficult to practice restraint. / They are usually gacchavāsī (sthavira-kalpī), because they are sometimes useless. / Those who are not heedless are the opposite of these, and they are usually jina-kalpī, parihāra-viśuddhika, yathā-laṃdaka-kalpika, and pratima-pratipanna sādhus. They are always useful. / / One clarification - According to Jain doctrine, jina-kalpī etc. are not labdhi-upajīvī. Because their kalpa is the same. / Those who are gacchavāsī and who create an āhāra-gaśarīra are heedless at that time due to being labdhi-upajīvī and due to curiosity. They are also heedless when they abandon the āhāra-gaśarīra. In the audārika-gaśarīra, they experience anxiety due to the complete withdrawal of the ātmā-pradeśas (from all sides). They remain in the āhāra-gaśarīra for a moment. Therefore, although a little purity arises for a short time during that period, the karma-granthakāra calls this state non-heedlessness, but in reality, they are heedless due to being labdhi-upajīvī. Iḍipitta - those who have attained ṛddhis such as ṛddhis of wealth, medicine, etc. 1. Paṇṇavaṇā Sutta, (original text) 342-343 2. Prajñāpanā; Malaya, Vatți, Patra 424-425 3. Ibid., Patra 424-425 4. Ibid., Patra 424-425