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270/Go. Sa. Jivakanda
Gatha 133
The Japa festival is when infinite jivas are born, but not finite jivas. They are born only by being attached to a body, otherwise each bodily aggregate and the subtle and gross nigoda aggregates would have infinite arising, but this is not the case, because they are not found in that way.
It is said:
"The gross nigoda and subtle nigoda jivas are mutually bound and manifest. They are indeed infinite jivas that arise due to the causes of mula, yuhara, and ardra, etc."
The gross nigoda jivas residing in one body are bound and manifest with the other gross nigoda jivas residing there, and the subtle nigoda jivas residing in one body are bound and manifest with the other subtle nigoda jivas residing there. This bondage is of two types: desa-samavaya and sarva-samavaya. They do not remain bound by desa-samavaya, but they remain manifestly bound by all their parts; they do not remain unbound and unattached.
Objection: How many jivas reside in this state?
Answer: In this state, they are not finite or infinite, but the jivas are endless.
Objection: What is the cause of their arising?
Answer: They arise due to the causes of mula, tuhara, and ardra, etc. Here, the word 'etc.' should include other types of vegetation as well. This indicates the womb of the gross nigoda, not the subtle nigoda, because their womb is seen everywhere in water, land, and sky. The meaning is that the bodies of mula, tuhara, and ardra, etc. vegetation are the womb of the gross nigoda.
Therefore, in the bodies of mula, tuhara, and ardra, etc., as well as human bodies, etc., there are innumerable lokalpramana nigoda bodies. In each one of those nigoda bodies, in the first moment, endless gross nigoda jivas and subtle nigoda jivas are born. Then, in the second moment, innumerable inferior jivas are born. In this way, until the completion of the innumerable part of the prapti, innumerable jivas in the form of a series are continuously born. Again, from one, two, and three moments, up to the completion of the innumerable part of the prapti, with intervals, jivas are continuously born in an excellent manner.
In this way, with intermittent and continuous decrease, jivas are born until birth is possible. The gross nigoda jivas and subtle nigoda jivas born in this manner remain bound and manifest in one body, this is the meaning of the aforementioned statement.
1. Dhavala Vol. 14, p. 231. 2. Dhavala Vol. 14, p. 231.