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This is the sixteenth *prayogapada* of the *Prathamika Prajnapana Sutra*. The activity of the soul based on mind, speech, and body is called *prayoga*. From this perspective, this *pada* is important. If there is no soul, then there cannot be a specific action of these three. According to Jain terminology, these three are made of *pudgala*. The general activity (*gati*) of *pudgalas* can happen even without the soul, but when *pudgalas* transform into mind, speech, and body, then their specific activity happens with the cooperation of the soul. The transformation of *pudgalas* into mind, etc., is also subject to the karma of the soul, therefore their activity can be called *atmavyapaar*. All aspects of this *prayog* in the form of *atmavyapaar* are discussed here.
This *pada* presents two main topics: (1) *prayoga*, its types, and the classification of *prayogas* in the twenty-four *dandakas*, and (2) the five types of *gatiprapaat* and their subtypes and nature.
There are fifteen types of *prayoga*: four *manoprayogas* (mental activities) like truthfulness, four *vacanaprayogas* (speech activities) like non-violence, and seven *audarik* (physical activities) like *audarik* mixed with *praad* (physical activities with external objects). Then, the classification of how many *prayogas* are found in different groups of beings and in the twenty-four *dandakas* is presented.
After that, the classification of how many *prayogas* are found in the beings of the twenty-four *dandakas* with multiple specificities (*bahutva-vishist*) is presented. Also, the classification of how many options of single, double, triple, and quadruple combinations (*ekasanyogi, dwikasanyogi, trikasanyogi, and chatuhsanyogi*) are found in relation to oneness and multiplicity (*ekatva-bahutva*) is presented.
After the discussion of the fifteen types of *prayogas*, the *gatiprapaat* (*gatipravaad*) is explained. From *sutra* 1086 to 1123, the discussion of *gati* is presented, which is related to *prayoga*. In the chapter called *gatiprapaat*, the five types of *gati* are explained by collecting all the activities related to *gati*: *prayogagati*, *tatgati*, *bandhanchhedangati*, *upapaatgati*, and *vihayogati*.