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## Gatha 536
## Leniyamagrana/566
**Solution:** The intense, more intense, and the harmony of the arising of the three kṣayās is found only up to the fourth guṇasthāna, therefore there are only three ashubha leśyās up to the fourth guṇasthāna.
**Doubt:** How is it possible for the śukla leśyā to exist in beings whose kṣayās have become weak (destroyed) or subsided?
**Solution:** No, because in beings whose kṣayās have become weak or subsided, the cause of karma-lepa, i.e., yoga, is found. Therefore, there is no contradiction in considering their śukla leśyā from this perspective. One should not conclude that the yoga of akṣayā vītarāgis is not leśyā, because leśyā is primarily yoga, not kṣayā; because it is a qualifier of the tendency of yoga. Therefore, it cannot be primary. Indeed, the absence of leśyā in beings with weak kṣayās is found if leśyā is considered to arise only from the arising of kṣayās. However, the yoga arising from the arising of the nāma karma, which is called the body, is also considered leśyā, because it is also instrumental in karma-bandha. Therefore, even when kṣayās are destroyed, yoga remains. Therefore, there is no contradiction in considering beings with weak kṣayās to have leśyā.
The Saudharma śān devās have a medium pīta leśyā. The Sanatkumāra Mahendra devās have a superior pīta leśyā and an inferior padma leśyā. The Brahma, Brahmottara, Lāntava, Kāpiṣṭa heavens have a medium padma leśyā. The devās of the Śukra, Mahāśukra, Śatāra, Sahasrāra heavens have a superior padma leśyā and an inferior śukla leśyā. The Ānata etc. (Ānata, Prāṇata, Āraṇa, Acyuta heavens and the nine Aveyaka) should be known to have a medium śukla leśyā. The Navānudiśa and Pañcānuttara vimānas have a supreme śukla leśyā.
In this way, by stating which leśyā exists in which being, or who is the master of which leśyā, the method is stated in one gāthā:
**Vāṇṇodayasampāditasarīravaṇo du vado leśśā. Mohacayakhagrōvasamōyasamakhajajīvafadaraṇam bhāvo. ||536||**
**Meaning of the Gāthā:** The color (varna) of the body, which is produced by the arising of the karma called varṇa, is the dravya leśyā. The vibration or pulsation or contraction-expansion (yoga) of the jīva-pradeśa, which is associated with the arising, decay, subsidence, or decay with subsidence of the mohaniya karma, is the bhāva leśyā. ||536||
**Special Meaning:** The dravya leśyā arises due to the arising of the nāma karma (varga nāma karma). The yoga, which is in the form of the pulsation of the ātmā-pradeśa, that arises due to the arising, decay, subsidence, or decay of the kṣayās, is the bhāva leśyā. The dravya leśyā has been discussed in detail in the special meaning of gāthās 466-468.
**References:**
1. Dhavala Pu. 1 p. 361.
2. Dhavala Pu. 1 p. 191.
3. Dhavala Pu. 1 p. 150.
4. Dhavala Pu. 7 p. 105.
5. Rā. Vā. 4.22.12-6 with commentary.
6. Rā. Vā. 4.22.10.