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## Gommatasara Karmakanda - 146
The amount of pudgala dravya that is fit to become karma is limited, while the remaining majority of pudgala dravya is unfit to become karma. When the amount of pudgala dravya related to many fields is divided by infinity, one part of the result is the amount of pudgala dravya fit to become karma, and the remaining majority is the amount of pudgala dravya unfit to become karma. Among these, the pudgala dravya that has been taken by the jiva in the past is called sadi dravya, and the pudgala dravya that has never been taken by the jiva since the beginning of time is called anadi dravya. Now, the amount of sadi and anadi dravya is described as follows:
**Verse 188:**
"Jet samdhanabaddha adikale hadena savvena.
Jivena hade savvam sadi hoditti niddidha."
**Meaning:**
Multiply the amount of pudgala dravya that is bound to the highest time by the number of past times. Then multiply the result by the amount of all jivas. The resulting amount is the amount of sadi dravya of all jivas, i.e., the amount of all sadi dravya.
**Explanation:**
If a jiva takes the amount of pudgala dravya that is bound to the highest time in one time period, then the amount of pudgala dravya taken in the past time periods can be calculated using the rule of three.
The amount of pudgala dravya taken in one time period is the known amount. The amount of pudgala dravya bound to the highest time is the desired amount. The number of past time periods is the unknown amount, which is equal to the number of avlis multiplied by infinity (as one avli is equal to an infinite number of time periods).
Multiply the desired amount by the unknown amount and divide the result by the known amount. The resulting amount is the amount of sadi pudgala dravya of one jiva. Multiply this amount by the amount of all jivas to get the amount of sadi pudgala dravya of all jivas. Subtract this amount from the total amount of pudgala dravya to get the amount of anadi pudgala dravya.
This proves that even all jivas together have not experienced all pudgala dravya in the past.
**Doubt:**
In the texts like Dvadasanupreksha, it is said that one jiva experiences all pudgala dravya an infinite number of times and then leaves it. How is this possible?
**Solution:**
In those verses, the word "sarva" (all) is used for "kuch" (some). For example, when a foot is placed on hot coals, a part of the foot burns, but it is still said that the foot has burned. Similarly, the word "sarva" is used even for a part.
1. "Tido sankhejjavali hada siddhanam pamanam tu." (Gom. Ji. 577) - This means that the amount of past time is obtained by multiplying the number of avlis by the number of siddhas.
2. D. Pu. 4, p. 326.