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308/Go. Sa. Jeevakanee
Chapter 235-240: The solution is not satisfactory, because in the Pagaam, the separation of the Jiva and the body is not called death. Otherwise, their union would have to be considered birth.
Doubt: What harm is there in considering the union of the Jiva and the body as birth?
Solution: This is not the case, because when the Payukarma taken in the previous birth arises, those who have bound the Ayukarma related to the future birth and have lost connection with the Bhujyaman Prayu, even though they have not obtained either of these two bodies in the past or future, such Jivas are found to be born. Therefore, the union of the Jiva and the body cannot be called birth.
Doubt: If birth is of this kind, then still, death must be considered as the separation of the Jiva and the body?
Solution: This is correct, but only the complete separation of the Jiva and the body can be called death. Their separation from one part cannot be called death, because even those Jivas whose Jiva-pradesh has become contracted up to the neck do not experience death. If separation from one part is also considered death, then the person whose hand has been severed from the living body will also be considered to have committed adultery. Similarly, assuming the Paharaka body does not mean abandoning the Audarik body completely, which would lead to the death of the one assuming the Aharaka body.
This Paharaka body, being subtle, does not collide with mountains, get pierced by weapons, or burn in fire while moving, like the Vaikriyika body. The union that occurs through the semen produced by the Praharaka and Karman categories is the Aharaka Misra Kayayog.
_ Excess of Asanyam, inferiority of Aajna, and separation from one's own field, [absence of Kevali, Shruta Kevali] - these three reasons cause the Sadhu to obtain the Paharaka body. When there is an abundance of subtle Jivas that are unavoidable in water, land, and sky, there is an excess of Asanyam. To avoid this, they obtain an Aharaka body that is white like a swan and cloth, uninterrupted, made of the shoulders of the Ahar category, and one hand in length. Therefore, obtaining the Paharaka body is said to be caused by excess of Asanyam. Aajna, Siddhanta, and Aagam are synonymous words. Its inferiority, i.e., its smallness in its own field, is Prajnakanishthata. This is the second reason. When there is no subject matter of other proofs of Dravya and Paryaya except Praagam, and there is doubt in them, to remove this doubt, one goes to the feet of Shruta Kevali and Kevali in the other field, thinking, "I will go to the feet of Shruta Kevali and Kevali in the other field," and by taking the form of the Aharaka body, one goes to Giri, Nidi, Sagar, Meru Parvat, Kulachal, and Patala, and by asking Kevali and Shruta Kevali with humility, one returns without doubt. The origin of the Kevalgyan of the great Munis in the other field, and
1. Dhaval Pu. 1 p. 565-563. 2. Dhaval Pu. 1 p. 563.
3. Dhaval Tu. 14 p. 326.