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## Bhavya Margana / 623
**Solution:** This is not a fault, because as long as the right knowledge (Samyaktv) is not attained, the bhavya state of the soul is infinite and eternal due to the application of the principle of synonymity (Paryayarthika Nay). This is because the cycle of birth and death (samsara) is not yet eradicated. However, upon attaining Samyaktv, a different bhavya state arises. This is because after attaining Samyaktv, the soul remains in the world only for the duration of the transformation of half-matter (ardha-pudgala). Thus, it is proven that bhavya souls are also finite.
**I**
Souls remain in the state of bhavya-siddhi for an infinite and eternal period. || 187 ||
**Gatha 556-560**
**Doubt:** The bhavya state is a name for a particular state of the soul, so it must be destroyed. Otherwise, it would imply that the state of abhavya is a substance.
**Solution:** Even though the abhavya state is a particular state of the soul, there is no rule that all particular states must be destroyed (like Meru mountain etc.). Because accepting this would lead to the concept of monism (Ekantvad). It is also not true that whatever is not destroyed must be a substance. Because that which has production, existence, and destruction is considered a substance.
**The nature of souls devoid of bhavya and prabhavya states**
Those who are devoid of bhavya and prabhavya states, but have attained the bliss of liberation (mukti-sukha) and are beyond the cycle of birth and death (samsara), should not be considered either bhavya or abhavya. || 556 ||
**Special Meaning:** A liberated soul (siddh) cannot be bhavya-siddhi, because the bhavya state is destroyed at the time of the final liberation of the kevali. A liberated soul cannot be abhavya either, because they lack the power to perpetuate the cycle of birth and death. Those who cannot destroy the cycle of birth and death are abhavya-siddhi, but liberated souls have destroyed the cycle of birth and death and attained liberation. Therefore, a liberated soul cannot be prabhavya either. A liberated soul is neither bhavya nor abhavya, because their nature is different from both.
**The number of souls in the bhavya marga**
The number of souls in the prabhavya state is infinite. The number of souls in the samsara who are bhavya is infinite, but they are not liberated. || 560 ||
1. Dhaval Pu. 7 p. 177. 2. Pranadinon Apjjavasiidi. || 187 || 3. Dhaval Pu. 7 p. 178. 4. Pra. Pan. San. 1 Ma 157 p. 33, p. 582 Ma 148. 5. Ajogin Charimsamaye Viraasuralambhado. [Dhaval Pu. 7 p. 176]. 6. "Siddha Purana Ra Taviviriya Sattado." [Dhaval Pu. 7 p. 242].