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## The 123rd Dietary Item [123 Which living beings consume the bodies of which beings? - In this section, the consumption of bodies by the twenty-four Dandakavarti beings, starting with the Nairyika, is described from two perspectives: the perspective of पूर्वभावप्रज्ञापना (i.e., describing past existences) and the perspective of प्रत्युत्पन्न-वर्तमानकालिक भाव (i.e., describing the present existence). / The intention of the solution to the question - The question is clear from the original text, but the solution states that Naraka beings, from the perspective of पूर्वभावप्रज्ञापना, consume bodies from one-sense to five-sense beings, and from the perspective of वर्तमानभावप्रज्ञापना, Nairyika beings and others consume five-sense bodies, four-sense beings consume four-sense bodies, three-sense beings consume three-sense bodies, two-sense beings consume two-sense bodies, and one-sense beings like the Earth-bodied consume only one-sense bodies. In other words, a being consumes bodies with the same number of senses as itself. / The commentator explains the intention of this solution by saying that if we consider the past existence (Paryaya) of the consumed Pudgalas, we find that some of them were once one-sense beings, some were two-sense beings, some were three-sense beings, some were four-sense beings, and some were five-sense beings. If we apply this past existence to the present, then Naraka beings consume one-sense, two-sense, three-sense, four-sense, and five-sense bodies. But when we consider the present existence from the perspective of the ऋजुसूत्रनय, the ऋजुसूत्रनय accepts the क्रियमाण as कृत, the पाहार्यमाण as आहृत, and the परिणम्यमान Pudgalas as परिणत, which are becoming the form of the self-body. / Thus, according to the ऋजुसूत्रनय, only the self-body is consumed. The self-body of Narakas, Devas, humans, and five-sense Tiryanchas is five-sense. Similarly, for the remaining beings (one-sense to four-sense), we should say according to the situation. / Tenth: Lomahaara-Dwar 1856. "Raya nam bhanta! Ki lomahaara pakkhavahara?" "Goyama! Lomahaara, no pakkhavahara." [1856 Pr.] "O Bhagavan! Are Naraka beings Lomahaara or Pakkhavahara?" [1856 Ut.] "Gautama! They are Lomahaara, not Pakkhavahara." 1860. "Evam egidiya sabve deva ya bhaniamva jay vemanaya." [1860] Similarly, this should be said for one-sense beings, all Devas, and up to the Vaimanikas. 1. (a) Pannavanasutta Bha. 1 (Original text with commentary) p. 399 (b) Prajapana. Prameyabodhini Tika, Bha. 5, p. 605-606 2. Ibid. Bha. 5, p. 606 to 609.