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## Verse 235-240
This is the third reason for the attainment of liberation and the initiation of Tirthankaras. A sadhu, devoid of the power of reaction and possessing the power of acquiring food, knowing the origin of omniscience through clairvoyance, scriptural knowledge, or the thought of the arrival of gods, goes with the thought, "I will go with devotional reverence," and transforms into an Aharaka body, goes to that place, and after paying homage to those omniscients, other Jinas, and Jinālayas, returns.
The etymology of the Aharaka body, which is taken by relying on these three reasons, is as follows: "Nipuran" means fine and sweet. "Snigdha" means white, fragrant, beautiful, and lovely. "Apratihata" is called subtle. The Aharaka body is called so because it extracts, i.e., takes, the finer and smoother particles from the food substances to produce the Aharaka body.
**Objection:** How can the Aharaka body be fine, smooth, and subtle?
**Solution:** There is no contradiction in the finer nature of the substances that are the objects of the categories of "tara" and "tama" when considering the first stage.
**Or:** The Aharaka substance is the proof. It knows the most fine among the fine, the most skilled among the skilled, and the most subtle among the subtle, hence it is called Aharaka.
**Objection:** If the Aharaka body has five types of colors, then how is it said that the Maharak body is white?
**Solution:** This teaching is given considering the whiteness of the body due to the accumulation of the essence.
**Objection:** The Aharaka body has five types of tastes. How can the Aharaka body be sweet when there is a possibility of an inauspicious taste?
**Solution:** The teaching of the sweet taste is given there because the inauspicious taste of the categories is latent.
The Aharaka body has categories with fragrant smells. Here too, the fragrance should be said to be the same as before.
The Aharaka body has categories with pleasant touch. Here too, the pleasant touch of the Aharaka body should be said to be the same as before. Or, it is said here that the categories with inauspicious taste, inauspicious smell, and inauspicious touch transform into the Aharaka body and become pleasant taste, pleasant smell, and pleasant touch.
The Aharaka body yoga and the Aharaka mixed body yoga are attained by the sixth guga-sthana-dwelling, restrained, and intoxicated.
1. Babal Pu. 14 Pu. 326-327.
2. Dhabal Pu. 14 Pri. 557-556.
3. Dhabal Pu. 14 Pri. 558.