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## Gatha 656-613
### Samyaktvamagamana/605
The same soul, which takes in the external air, is called apana, the characteristic of exhalation. Thus, these pranapana, which have the characteristics of inhalation and exhalation, also benefit the soul, because they keep the soul alive. These mind, prana and apana are concrete, because their impact, etc., is seen by other concrete substances. For example, the mind is impacted by things like lightning, which causes fear, and by alcohol, etc., which causes intoxication. And prana and apana are impacted by the hand, clothes, etc., when the mouth is covered. But the abstract cannot be impacted by concrete substances, from which it is understood that all these are concrete. And from this, the existence of the soul is proven.
In addition to these, there are also benefits of pudgala in happiness, sorrow, life and death. When the bound vedaniya karma, etc., associated with the soul, attains maturity due to external causes like dravya, etc., the pleasure or joy that the soul experiences is happiness. Similarly, the results that are in the form of affliction, which arise from the rise of asata vedaniya karma, are sorrow. In the state of existence, the continuous breathing of the living being due to the rise of karagrayu karma, its non-cessation is life, and its cessation is death. Generally, death is not pleasing to anyone, but even death is pleasing to a creature who is distressed by illness, pain, sorrow, etc. Therefore, it has been included in the category of benefits. Here, the word "benefit" does not refer to desirable things, but to all the actions that take place due to pudgalas. Sorrow is also undesirable, but it has been mentioned because it is a function of pudgala.
Pudgalas also have their own means of purification. For example, bronze is cleaned with ash and water is cleaned with katak fruit.
The statement about the binding of the adhibhagi pudgala paramanu is:
**Giddhattam lukkhattam bandhass ya karanam tu eyaddi. Sankhejjasaankhejjanaantaviharinaddhanukkhaguna. ||606||**
**Egguranam tu jaharanam rinavattam vigugatigunasankhejjasa-. Sankhejjagatguna hodi taha rukkhabhavam ca. ||610||**
**Evam guranasanjutta paramanu adivaagganammi thiya. Joggadugaanam bandhe donham bandho hane rinayama. ||611||**
**Giddharinaddha e bajjhanti rupakharukkha ya poggala. Giddhalukkha ya bajjhanti ruvaaruvvi ya poggala. ||612||**
**Ridhidarolimajhe visarisajadi ssa samaganam ekkan. Ruvitti hodi sapana sesaranam ta pravitti. ||613||**
1. Sarvarthasiddhi 5/16.
2. "Sukha dukha jivitamaranopamahaasca. ||5.20||" [Tattvarthasutra].
3. 4. Rajanaatik 5/20.
5. Dhavala Pu. 14 p. 31 Ga. 34.