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## Translation:
**262 / Mo. Sa. Jivakanda**
**Verse 185**
**Doubt:** This objection is not valid, because it is desirable to consider earth-body etc. as every body.
**Solution:** Then why not apply every adjective to earth-body etc. as well?
**Doubt:** No, because just as in plants, there is a common plant that can be negated from every plant, in the same way, no such distinction is found in earth etc. that is different from every body, i.e., a common body. Therefore, there is no need to give this adjective to earth etc.
**Doubt:** In every plant, the two adjectives "coarse" and "subtle" are not found, therefore every plant attains the state of being an object of experience. But apart from "coarse" and "subtle", no third alternative in the form of an object of experience is found, therefore, in the absence of an alternative in the form of an object of experience, every body will also attain the effect of plants?
**Solution:** This is not the case, because every plant exists in the form of "coarse", therefore it cannot have an effect.
**Doubt:** Every plant is not called "coarse", then how can it be known that every plant is "coarse"?
**Solution:** No, because the existence of every plant cannot be proved by any other form, therefore its existence is proved by the form of "coarse".
**Doubt:** Although subtlety - the existence of a specific being - is possible in every plant, because its proof is obtained through the principle of "sattvanyathanupapatti" (non-existence of the opposite). Therefore, this "sattvanyathanupapatti" form is non-categorical.
**Solution:** No, because "coarse" is a characteristic that is universal (extensive), therefore it is found in all beings. Therefore, every plant being is "coarse", not subtle, because just as in the common body, there is an exception method that obstructs the universal method, i.e., in common bodies, besides the "coarse" distinction, the "subtle" distinction is also found, in the same way, the exception method is not found in every plant. There is a complete absence of the "subtle" distinction in them.
**Doubt:** How is it known that "coarse" is a universal characteristic in every plant?
**Solution:** No, because in every plant and in beings, both "coarse" and "subtle" adjectives are not found, therefore subtlety cannot be universal, because without the scriptures, knowledge of subtlety cannot be obtained through direct perception etc. Therefore, there is a contradiction in considering the subtlety known through direct perception etc. as universal like "coarse".
**1. Vayal Gu. 1 p. 26**
**2. Dhaval Pu. 1 p. 269**
**3. Dhaval Pu. 1 p. 269**