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5.153 cauppaesie nam bhamte! khmdhe eyati?
goyama! siya eyati, siya no eyati. siya dese eyati, no dese eyati. siya dese eyati, no desa eyamti. siya desä eyamti, no dese eyati. siya desa eyamti, no desa eyamti. jaha cauppaesio taha pamcapaesio, tahā jāva anamtapaesio.
Bhagaval 5:7:150-153
Does a material cluster of four pradeśas (i.e., consisting of four paramāņus) undergo simple vibrations?
O Gautama! under certain condition, it undergoes simple vibrations; under other condition, it does not undergo simple vibrations. Under certain condition, a part of it undergoes simple vibrations, another part (anyone of the remaining parts) does not. Under certain condition, a part of it undergoes simple vibrations, other parts do not. Under certain condition, some parts undergo simple vibrations, the (remaining) part does not.
Under certain condition, some (two) parts undergo simple vibrations, other (two) parts do not.
The description of the material cluster of five pradesas (ie., consisting of five paramāņus) up to cluster of infinite number of pradeśas (ie., consisting of infinite number of paramāņus) follows the same pattern as that of the cluster of four paramāņus.
Bhāṣya
1. Sutras 150-153
According to the Jain philosophy, there are only two substances capable of motion, viz., soul and matter. Therefore, vibrations and oscillations are possible only in these two substances. The vibrations in soul are described in Bhag. 3/143148.
The paramanu (ultimate atom) is the smallest unit of matter which has been described in Bha. 20.26, according to which, in a paramānu, there are one colour, one smell, one taste and two touches, viz.,
1. cold and viscous
or 2. cold and dry
or 3. hot and viscous or 4. hot and dry.
A skandha (material cluster) is made by the integration of two or more ultimate paramāņus. The number of pradeśas (indivisible parts) in a cluster is equal to the number of paramanu it consists of. Combination of two paramāņus makes a dyad (cluster of two pradeśas (consisting of two paramāņu), of three paramāņus makes a triad up to combination of infinite number of paramāņus makes a material cluster (made up) of infinite number of paramaņus. The parumāņu is the ultimate cause of the material cluster. In the Nayacakra, the paramāņu has been described both as a cause and an effect. The cluster is produced by the combination of paramānus, and as such the latter is the 'cause' of the former. On the disintegration of the cluster, the paramāņu assumes its own form; so, paramāņu is the effect of the cluster.2
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