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3- THE PURE THOUGHT-ACTIVITY
शुद्धभावाधिकार निर्विकल्प तत्त्व के स्वरूप का कथन - The nature of the soul in its pure state - चउगइभवसंभमणं जाइजरामरणरोगसोगा य । कुलजोणिजीवमग्गणठाणा जीवस्स णो संति ॥४२॥ ofta o aguifat FAR À yfyny, H, GRI (CGTY), HRM, Tu, pilda, opet, zila, Jake BTN ATTAH TER
The soul (ātmā) in its pure, nirupādhi state has no wandering in the four states (gati) of existence, birth (janma), old-age (jarā), death (maraņa), disease (roga), sorrow (śoka), lineage (kula), seat-of-birth (yoni), classes of biological development (jīvasthāna), and variations according to the method of inquiry into its nature (mārgaņāsthāna).
EXPLANATORY NOTE The pure soul is free from transmigration. It, therefore, has no birth (janma), old-age (jarā), death (maraņa), disease (roga), sorrow (śoka), lineage (kula), seat-of-birth (yoni), classes of biological development (jīvasthāna), and variations according to the method of inquiry into its nature (mārganāsthāna). The lineage (kula) is based on the classification of the molecules (skandha) of matter (pudgala) that are responsible for the formation of the body.1 The Scripture mentions the number of lineage (kula) for various modes of living beings as under: Earth-bodied (prthivīkāyika)
- 22 lakh-crore Water-bodied (jalakāyika)
7 lakh-crore Fire-bodied (agnikāyika)
3 lakh-crore
1 - Gommatasara-jīvakānda, Part 1, p. 204-206.
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