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**Matka**
The 'dugandhpalabannar amjhammandhadal' or karma-skandha have four final touches, two gandhas, five varna and five rasa. Now, we will describe their second vigapana, that they are the holders of rasa, which is infinite in quantity, from the karma-skandha majijanantgunaranam matra jobarashi. Here, the meaning of rasa is not the five types of rasa like sour, sweet, etc., but the power to give auspicious and inauspicious fruits in those karma-skandha. This rasa is found in every pudgala. Just as the smallest part of pudgala dravya is called paramanu, similarly, the smallest part of shakti is called rasaanu. These rasaanu are formed by the division of buddhi. Because, just as the pudgala dvanda can be divided into pieces, the qualities residing inside it cannot be divided. Still, we know the predominance of qualities in visible objects through our senses. For example, if we see the milk of a buffalo, cow, and goat, we can test and say that buffalo milk has more fat, cow milk has less fat, and goat milk has no fat. In this way, although the quality of fat cannot be divided into separate parts, its intensity can be known. This intensity proves that...
1. Rasaanu are also called gunaanu or bhaavaanu, and they are formed by the division of buddhi. As it is written in Panchmagraha...
"Panchanda sariraanam paramananan maiye animago.
Karishyamana ganso gunaanu bhaavaanu ya hani." ||417||
The indivisible part of the power of the paramanu, which is suitable for the five bodies, that is divided by buddhi, is called gunaanu or bhaavaanu.