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## 252/Go. Sa. Jivakanda
## Verse 181
**Doubt:** In the state of Karma-yoga, due to the non-existence of the non-karmic pudgala-pinda, which is obtained through the accumulation of karma by the self-directed yogic activity, can the term 'body' not be applied to the living being in the state of Karma-yoga?
**Solution:** Due to the existence of karma, which is the cause of the accumulation of the non-karmic pudgala-pinda, in the state of Karma-yoga, the term 'body' becomes applicable to the living being in the state of Karma-yoga. It is also said:
"The pudgala-pinda accumulated through the self-directed activity is the body."
This body is said to be of six types in Jainism, based on the distinction of earth-body, etc., and these six bodies are of two types: Sakaya and Sthavara-kaya.
The body resembling earth is called the earth-body, and the living beings who possess it are called earth-bodied.
**Doubt:** If the earth-bodied is defined in this way, then how can the living beings in the state of Karma-yoga be considered earth-bodied?
**Solution:** This is not the case. Just as the term 'this has happened' is used for an action that has not yet happened, similarly, the term 'earth-bodied' becomes applicable to the living beings in the state of Karma-yoga. Or, the living beings who are the inheritors of the earth-bodied name-karma are called earth-bodied. Similarly, the water-bodied, etc., should also be understood.
**Doubt:** Are the earth, etc., karmas well-known?
**Solution:** Yes, because the existence of the earth-bodied, etc., karmas cannot be otherwise, therefore, the existence of the earth, etc., name-karmas is established.
**Doubt:** According to the explanation that those whose nature is to stay in one place are stationary, why is the nature of stationary beings not described?
**Solution:** No, because if such a definition is accepted, then the air-bodied, fire-bodied, and water-bodied living beings would have to be considered non-stationary due to their movement from one place to another.
**Doubt:** Let the air-bodied and fire-bodied be considered non-stationary, because they are said to be non-stationary in the scriptures.
**Counter-doubt:** Which scripture is that?
**Answer to the counter-doubt:** That scripture is as follows:
"Those who are stationary due to their subtle body, and those who are mobile due to their subtle body, are of that type. The living beings who are devoid of death and transformation are like this." (1. Dhavala Pu. 1, p. 138-136; 2. Panchastikaya Ga. 111)