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Bhagavai 7:7:150-154
knowing on account of being possessed of mental faculty), the rational being experience sensation (of pain)?
Yes, it is proper. 7.154 kahannam bhamte! pabhū vi pakāmanikaranam vedanam vedeti?
goyamā! je nam no pabhū samuddassa pāram gamittae, je nam no pabhū samuddassa pāragayāim rüvāim päsittae, je nam no pabhū devalogam gamittae, je nam no pabhū devalogagayāim rūvāim pāsittae, esa ņam goyamā! pabhū vi pakkāmanikaranam vedanam vedeti. How is it, O Lord! that even, in spite of being prabhu (capable of knowing on account of being possessed of mental faculty), the rational beings experience sensation (of pain)? Gautama! they are not able to go across the ocean, to see colours (and shapes) on the other side of the ocean, to visit the heavens, to see the colours (and shapes) situated in the heavens, Gautama! such persons even though prabhu experience sensation (of pain).
Bhāsya 1. Sūtras 150-154
In the present dialogue, the possibility of experiencing sensations (of pain) by the souls, with or without mind, is discussed. One-sensed, two-sensed, three-sensed, four-sensed and five-sensed agglutinated beings are all without mind. Their ignorance has been explained by four adjectives, viz., deluded, etc. (see Sūtra 7.150). These souls have no power of reasoning, though, they have the experience of sensations (of pain), which is due to their emotions like fear, anger, greed, etc., according to the doctrine of instincts. To Gautama's query "whether the one-sensed beings viz., earth-bodied, etc. were conscious of their agreeable and disagreeable sensations and whether they had perception, intelligence, mind and articulation for their sensations," Lord Mahāvīra replied in the negative, but affirming that they had the experience of the painful and pleasurable touches.
The one-sensed beings, viz., earth-bodied etc. have six kinds of experience or sensations, viz.,
(i) agreeable and disagreeable touch of objects (ii) agreeable and disagreeable movement of others (iii) agreeable and disagreeable rest of others (iv) agreeable and disagreeable beauty of others (v) agreeable and disagreeable fame and reputations of others (vi) agreeable and disagreeable enthusiasm, action, strength, energy,
self-exertion and self-efficiency. From these descriptions, it is clear that even the beings without the power of thinking have manifold sensations that have a wider application in practical life. In this connection, the experiments made on plants by Prof. Marcel, Vogel and Cleve
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