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## 31st Chapter, The Soul, Verses 295-240
**This is it.** ||5||
**Shankara:** Here, are the possessions called "possessing Ṛiddhis" because they have attained the Ṛiddhi of consuming, or because they have attained the Ṛiddhi of being bankrupted first? Of these two possibilities, the first is not acceptable because it leads to the fallacy of mutual dependence. This is explained... Until the Ṛiddhi of consuming is attained, they cannot be considered as possessing Ṛiddhis, and until they possess Ṛiddhis, the Ṛiddhi of consuming cannot arise. The second option is also not possible because when one Ṛiddhi is used, there is a lack of the generation of other Ṛiddhis. If the existence of other Ṛiddhis is assumed, then the generation of the knowledge of the mind's perception of the Ṛiddhi of consuming should also be assumed. Because there is no special characteristic in its existence similar to other Ṛiddhis, but the knowledge of the mind's perception of the one possessing the Ṛiddhi of consuming cannot be assumed, because assuming so would contradict the scriptures.
**Solution:** The fallacy of mutual dependence mentioned in the first possibility does not arise, because the Ṛiddhi of consuming does not arise in dependence on itself, because the action of self-generation from itself leads to a contradiction. The Ṛiddhi of consuming arises in dependence on restraint and its excess, therefore, the epithet "possessing Ṛiddhis, those who are restrained" also becomes valid. Here, even if other Ṛiddhis are not generated, the Ṛiddhi is considered as the cause of restraint, which is the cause of the Ṛiddhi, by treating the effect as the cause. Therefore, the restrained ones who have attained the restraint which is the cause of the Ṛiddhi are called "possessing Ṛiddhis, those who are restrained," and they possess the Ṛiddhi of consuming, this is proven. Or, the power in the form of the production of the consuming body, which is generated from a specific restraint, is called the Ṛiddhi of consuming, therefore, the fallacy of mutual dependence does not arise. The fault mentioned in the second option also does not arise, because it is not assumed that other Ṛiddhis do not exist along with one Ṛiddhi. There is no rule that multiple Ṛiddhis cannot be generated simultaneously in one soul, because the seven Ṛiddhis are present simultaneously in the Ganadharas.
**Doubt:** Has the contradiction of the knowledge of the mind's perception with the Ṛiddhi of consuming been refuted?
**Solution:** If there is a contradiction of the knowledge of the mind's perception with the Ṛiddhi of consuming, then let it be so, but it is not said that the Ṛiddhi of consuming has a contradiction with all other Ṛiddhis.
The time of the lowest and highest duration of the one who has the body of consuming mixture is the last moment. **Doubt:** Why is there not a single time here? **Solution:** It is not possible because there is no possibility of sustenance and the turning away from the yoga here.
1. "The yoga of the consuming body is the mixing of the consuming body with the yoga of the body of the mind, the Ṛiddhis are born from the mixing." ||56|| {Dhavala Pu. 1 p. 267]
2. Dhavala Pu. 1 p. 267-265.
3. Pravala Pu. 1 p. 298.
4. "How long does the yoga of the consuming mixture body last? ||18|| The lowest duration is the last moment. ||10|| The highest duration is the last moment. ||11|| (Dhavala p. 7 p. 155).
5. Dhavala Pu. 7. 155.