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## Chapter 576, Jovakanda, Gatha 463
**Gatha 463**
**Gatha Explanation:** These sixteen rights are for: Instruction, Color, Result, Transition, Karma, Characteristic, Motion, Owner, Means, Number, Field, Touch, Hair, Interval, Feeling, Less-More, and Means of Leshya. They will be explained in order. ||461-462||
**Special Explanation:** The deposition of Leshya should be considered, because without it, the understanding of natural Leshya is not possible. Its deposition is as follows: Matter Leshya, Establishment Leshya, Substance Leshya, and Feeling Leshya. In this way, Leshya is of four types. In them, the word 'Leshya' is the name Leshya. The establishment of Leshya that is done through good establishment (like a picture of six people eating the fruit of a tree) and bad establishment is called Establishment Leshya. Substance Leshya and Feeling Leshya will be explained later. The author himself has explained the Instruction etc. through the Gathas. Therefore, it is not explained here. Some things are also mentioned here.
To state the nature of something is Instruction. 2 What is seen is Color. The feelings of a being that arise from the rise of passions are called Results. The change from one Leshya to another is Transition, etc.
**Nitesh Yo:** By whom is the description of the six Leshyas done? Black, Blue, Dove, Radiant (Yellow), Red, and White Leshyas. ||463||
**Gatha Explanation:** These six instructions are from the rule of Leshya: Black Leshya, Blue Leshya, Dove Leshya, Radiant Leshya (Yellow Leshya), Red Leshya, and White Leshya. ||463||
**Special Explanation:** By establishing the competitors of the experienced passion-parts in the rise, from the lowest competitor to the highest competitor, and dividing them into six parts, the first part is the most subtle passion-part, and the passion that arises from its rise is called White Leshya. The second part is the less subtle passion-part, and the passion that arises from its rise is called Red Leshya. The third part is the subtle passion-part, and the passion that arises from its rise is called Radiant Leshya. The fourth part is the intense passion-part, and the passion that arises from its rise is called Dove Leshya. The fifth part is the more intense passion-part, and the passion that arises from its rise is called Blue Leshya. The sixth part is the most intense passion-part, and the passion that arises from its rise is called Black Leshya.
There is no single rule that Leshya is only six, because from the perspective of the 'Paryayaathik Nay', Leshyas are countless, as many as the worlds. But from the perspective of the 'Dravyathik Nay', those Leshyas are only six.
From these six Leshyas, each is fallen in six places, in the order of infinite part increase, countless part increase, countable part increase, countable quality increase, countless quality increase, and infinite quality increase.