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[128] The Prajñapana Sutra states that there are both āhāraka (consuming) and anāhāraka (non-consuming) jīvas (living beings), but this applies only to the bound jīvas. Therefore, there are many āhāraka jīvas. Siddhas (liberated souls) are always anāhāraka, they are always present, and they are infinitely superior to the abhyavyajīvas (unliberated beings). Also, at every moment, an innumerable portion of each nigoda (group of jīvas) attains the state of vihgraha-gati (destruction of the body). In this regard, the number of anāhāraka jīvas is also said to be very large.
Why and how are there three types of bhangas (divisions) among many nārka (hellish) jīvas? (1) The first bhang is that all nārka jīvas are sometimes āhāraka, and not a single nārka jīva is anāhāraka. Although there is a period of cessation of the birth of nārka jīvas, which lasts only for twelve muhūrta (a period of 48 minutes), during that time, the previously born nārka jīvas who have attained vihgraha-gati become āhāraka, and no new nārka jīvas are born. Therefore, no nārka jīva is anāhāraka at that time. (2) The second bhang is that many nārka jīvas are āhāraka, and one nārka jīva is anāhāraka. The reason for this is that perhaps one jīva is born in hell, perhaps two, three, four, or a countable or innumerable number are born. Therefore, when one jīva is born and attains vihgraha-gati, and all the other previously born nārka jīvas have become āhāraka, this should be understood as the second bhang. (3) The third bhang is that many nārka jīvas are āhāraka, and many are anāhāraka. This bhang occurs when many nārka jīvas are being born and they attain vihgraha-gati. Apart from these three, no other bhang is possible among nārka jīvas.
There is only one bhang among the ekendriya (one-sensed) jīvas: why and how? From pṛthvīkāyika (earth-bodied) to vanaspathikāyika (plant-bodied) jīvas, only one bhang is found. The reason for this is that in the four sthāvara (stationary) jīvas, from pṛthvīkāyika to vāyukāyika (air-bodied), an innumerable number of jīvas are born at every moment, therefore there are many āhāraka jīvas. And in vanaspathikāyika jīvas, an infinite number of jīvas are born at every moment from vihgraha-gati. Therefore, there are always many anāhāraka jīvas among them. Hence, only one bhang is found in all ekendriya jīvas: many āhāraka and many anāhāraka.
Second: Bhavyadvara 1871. [1] "Bhavantaḥ siddhiḥ, bhagavan! Jīvaḥ ki āhārakaḥ anāhārakaḥ?" "Gautama! Saḥ kacid āhārakaḥ, kacid anāhārakaḥ." [1871-1] "O Bhagavan! Is the bhavyasiddhi jīva āhāraka or anāhāraka?" "Gautama! He is sometimes āhāraka, sometimes anāhāraka." [1871-1] [2] "Evaṁ jāva vemāṇikaḥ." [1871-2] This same statement should be understood up to the vemāṇika (celestial) jīvas.