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Second Fundamental-Everlastingness of Soul
It is possible to bring about different articles by combinations of Paramänus or by composing them suitably. Such bringing about is called production. Actually, it is transformation, because what is being done is to bring out something by processing the articles that were in existence. What thus happens in the name of production is merely transformation.
It is now necessary to consider whether lifeless Pudgal can be transformed into soul or whether a soul can be transformed into Pudgal. Such transformation is not possible. With the help of science, we have brought out many lifeless objects by combination or composition of Pudgals. We have also been successful in producing the robots and putting them to work, but no one could put life therein. No permutation, combination or composition of Pudgal can thus be visualized to bring about the conscious soul. On the same analogy, the conscious soul cannot be reduced to lifeless matter.
કોઈ સંયોગોથી નહિ, જેની ઉત્પત્તિ થાય; નાશ ન તેનો કોઈમાં, તેથી નિત્ય સદાય.
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Koi Sanyogothi Nahin, Jeni Utpatti Thäy; Näsh Na Teno Koimän, Tethi Nitya Sadäy.
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That, which cannot arise out of any combination, cannot merge with anything else, and is therefore eternal. (66)
Explanation & Discussion: As stated above, all the objects that we come across have been continually undergoing transformation. The old forms disappear and the new ones come into being. Similarly the existing compositions are decomposed and the new
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