Disclaimer: This translation does not guarantee complete accuracy, please confirm with the original page text.
## Gatha 553-587
**Samyaktyamaganna/653**
The pervasiveness of Dharma-dravya and Adharma-dravya is throughout the entire Lokakasha. ||13|| Just as a pot remains in a house, in the same way, Dharma and Adharma dravya are pervading the Lokakasha. Although all these dravya reside in one place, they do not attain vyadhata (mutual interference) due to the power of pervasiveness.
A part of the Lokakasha, which is obtained by dividing it into countless parts, is called an "Asankhyatava" part. Those who have one Asankhyatava part as their beginning are called "Satra Asankhyatava" parts. One Jiva resides in one Asankhyatava part. In this way, one should know the pervasiveness of one Jiva from one, two, three, and four, and so on, up to the number of Asankhyatava parts and the entire Lokakasha. However, the pervasiveness of many Jivas is in all Lokas.
**Doubt:** If one Jiva resides in one Asankhyatava part of the Lokakasha, then how can countless Jivas with bodies reside in the Lokakasha?
**Solution:** Jivas are of two types: subtle and gross. Therefore, their residence in the Lokakasha is possible. The gross Jivas have bodies with Pratibhata (reflection). However, the subtle Jivas, although they have bodies, are so subtle that one Nigoda Jiva pervades as many regions of the Lokakasha as countless Jivas with ordinary bodies can reside in. They do not attain vyadhata with each other or with the gross Jivas. Therefore, there is no conflict in the pervasiveness of countless Jivas in the Lokakasha.
**Doubt:** If the regions of one Jiva are equal to the countless parts of the Lokakasha, then how can one Jiva reside in the beginning of the Lokakasha's inaccessible parts? Shouldn't it pervade the entire Lokakasha?
**Solution:** Although the Jiva is inherently formless, due to its eternal bondage, it becomes form-bound by attaining oneness. Due to its Karmic body, it resides in a large body. Therefore, its regions contract and expand. Like a lamp, its residence in the beginning of the Lokakasha's Asankhyatava parts is possible according to its body. Just as the extent of the lamp's light is not determined in the infinite space, but it is limited by the covering of other substances like a lid or a cover, in the same way, one should understand the Jiva's regions.
**Doubt:** Due to the mutual entry of the regions of Dharma-dravya and other dravya, they become mixed, leading to non-differentiation.
**Solution:** No, because even though they are in close contact with each other, they do not abandon their own nature. Therefore, non-differentiation is not attained. Shri Kundakunda Acharya has also said:
1. "Dharma-adharmayoḥ kritsne ||5/13||" [Sarvarthasiddhi]
2. Commentary on Sarvasiddhi Sutra 5/13.
3. Siddhi 5/15.
4. Sarvarthasiddhi 5/16.
5. Narsi.