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INTRODUCTION
The life-quantum earned earlier can be reduced—that is, can be interrupted in the middle-and also not be reduced-a discussion pertaining to this problem is found in the Jaina Angatexts. But by way of supporting the view which concedes the possibility of the interruption in question the illustrations of wet cloth and dry hay have not been offered in the Anga-texts; on the other hand, in connection with this discussion these illustrations have been offered in the bhāṣya on Tattvārtha and the same has been done also in the bhāṣya on Yogasūtra. The beauty of the illustrations is that verbal similarity obtaining between the two bhāṣyas is extremely close. Another speciality noteworthy in this connection is that the Tattvärtha-bhāṣya has also got a third illustration, viz. one pertaining to arithmatic that is not found in Yogasūtra-bhāṣya. The wordings of the two bhāṣyas are respectively as follows.
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Tattvärthasūtra
"..Śeṣā manuṣyās tiryagyonijāḥ sopakramā nirūpakramāś cāpavartyāyuṣo napavartyāyuṣaś ca bhavanti | ...apavartanaṁ śīghram antarmuhūrtāt karmaphalopabhogaḥ, upakramo pavartananimittam | samhataśuṣkatṛṇarāśidahanavat | yatha hi samhatasya śuṣkasyāpi tṛṇarāser avayavaśaḥ kramena dahyamānasya cireṇa dāho bhavati tasyaiva śithilaprakīrṇāpacitasya sarvato yugapadādīpitasya pavanopakramābhihatasyāśudāho bhavati | tadvat | yathā vā sankhyānācaryaḥ karaṇalāghavārthaṁ guṇakārabhāgahārābhyām rasim chedad evāpavartayati na ca sankhyeyasyārthasyābhāvo bhavati tadvad upakramābhihato maranasamudghātaduḥkhārtaḥ karmāpratyayam anābhogapūrvakaṁ karaṇaviśeṣam utpadya phalopabhogalāghavārthaṁ karṁāpavartayati na cāsya phaläbhāva iti | kim cānyat | yathā vā dhautapaṭo jalārdra eva samhataś cireṇa soṣam upayāti sa eva ca vitānitaḥ sūryaraśmivayvabhihataḥ kṣipram soṣam upayati na ca samhate tasmin prabhūtasnehāgamo nā pi vitānite' kṛtsnaśoṣaḥ tadvat yathoktanimittāpavartanaiḥ kārmaṇaḥ kṣipram phalopabhogo bhavati | na ca kṛtapraṇāśākṛtābhyāgamāphalyāni”
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