________________ Verse 84 origination (utpada) and destruction (vyaya). The medium-of-motion (dharma) is the cause of motion (gati) of the souls (jiva) and the matter (pudgala). Since the state of motion (gati) changes from instant to instant, the cause, i.e., the medium-of-motion (dharma), must also change; this way, origination (utpada), etc., by external cause is attributed to the medium-of-motion (dharma). Thus, though 'niskriya' - without activity - itself, it is the instrumental-cause (nimitta karana) of activity (movement of the souls and the matter. Since it never leaves its own-nature, it is permanent (nitya). Acarya Umasvami's Tattvarthasutra: निष्क्रियाणि च // 5-7 // और फिर यह धर्म द्रव्य, अधर्म द्रव्य और आकाश द्रव्य क्रिया रहित हैं अर्थात् ये एक स्थान से दूसरे स्थान को प्राप्त नहीं होते। These three [the medium of motion (dharma), the medium of rest (adharma) and the space (akasa)] are also withoutmovement (niskriya). . . . . . . . . . . 167
