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अध्याय- २
universe, if there be no impediment-vyāghāta.
It is said that in the beginningless convention of karmic bondage, the soul, owing to its wrong-faith, etc., takes in karmic matter at all times. Does the soul take in matter during its passage from one birth to another?
एकं द्वौ त्रीन्वाऽनाहारकः ॥३०॥
विग्रहगति में [ एकं द्वौ वा त्रीन् ] एक दो अथवा तीन समय तक [ अनाहारकः ] जीव अनाहारक रहता है।
For one, two or three instants (samaya) the soul remains non-assimilative - anāhāraka.
Instant (samaya) is supplied from the previous sūtra. This particle 'va' indicates alternative meaning. The alternative is to be taken as intended. For one, two, or three instants the soul does not take in molecules of matter. 'Ahāraka' is taking in of matter fit for the three kinds of bodies and the six kinds of completion. Without taking in of such matter, the soul remains ‘anāhāraka' during this time. However, the taking in of karmas is incessant, as there is the associated karmicbody (kārmana sarīra). In straight movement towards the seat of birth, the soul takes in matter; it is 'āhāraka'. In the other three instants the soul does not assimilate matter.
The kinds of accomplishment of the new body for the soul in transit and the ways of birth are described next.
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