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[Twenty-first Avagahaanasthana Pada] [U] Gautama! The Aharaka body is the smallest in terms of dravya. (From them) Vaikriya bodies are innumerable times more than dravya. (From them) Audarika bodies are innumerable times more than dravya. (From them) Taijasa and Karmana bodies are both equal (equal), (but from Audarika bodies) they are infinite times more than dravya. (From them) Aharaka bodies are the smallest in terms of pradesha. (From them) Vaikriya bodies are innumerable times more than pradesha. (From them) Audarika bodies are innumerable times more than pradesha. (From them) Taijasa bodies are infinite times more than pradesha, (from them) Karmana bodies are infinite times more than pradesha. In terms of dravya and pradesha - in terms of dravya, the smallest are - Aharaka bodies. (From them) Vaikriya bodies are innumerable times more than dravya. (From them) Audarika bodies are innumerable times more than dravya. From the Audarika bodies, the Aharaka bodies are infinite times more than pradesha in terms of dravya: (From them) Vaikriya bodies are innumerable times more than pradesha. (From them) Audarika bodies are innumerable times more than pradesha. Taijasa and Karmana, both bodies, are equal (equal) in terms of dravya; and are infinite times more than dravya. (From them) Taijasa bodies are infinite times more than pradesha. (From them) Karmana bodies are infinite times more than pradesha. Discussion - Consideration of the bodies as small and large: The above mentioned five bodies have been considered in terms of their smallness and largeness in the sutra (1565) presented from the perspective of dravya, pradesha and dravya and pradesha. Explanation - In terms of dravya, i.e., in terms of the number of dravya in the body, the Aharaka body is the smallest because even if the Aharaka body is of a large number, it is only Sahasra Prithaktva (from two thousand to nine thousand). Compared to all Aharaka bodies, Vaikriya bodies are innumerable times more in terms of dravya, because all Narakas, all Devas, some Tiryancha Panchendriyas, some Manusyas and Badara Vayukayikas have Vaikriya bodies. Compared to all Vaikriya bodies, Audarika bodies are innumerable times more in terms of dravya (in terms of the number of bodies), because Audarika bodies are found in all Pancha Sthavaras, three Vikalendriyas, Panchendriya Tiryanchas and Manusyas. And then, each of the Prithvi-Ap-Tej-Vayu-Vanaspatikayikas are innumerable Lokakasha-sized. Taijasa and Karmana bodies are equal in number, yet they are infinite times more in number than Audarika bodies, because after Audarika body holders, Vaikriya body holders also have Taijasa-Karmana bodies. And the subtle and Badara Nigoda Jivas are infinite, they have one Audarika body but their Taijasa-Karmana bodies are separate. If we consider from the perspective of pradesha (the pradeshas-paramanus of the body), then the Aharaka body is the smallest, because the pradeshas of the Aharaka body, which has the number Sahasra Prithaktva, are less than the pradeshas of all other bodies. Although the Aharaka vargana is less than the Vaikriya vargana in terms of paramanus, 1. (a) Prajnaapana, Malayavatti, Patra 433-434 / (b) Prajnaapana, Prameyaboधिनी टीका, Bha. 4, p. 822-823