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**Verse 3 of the Description of the Six Substances and Five Astikayas**
**Verse 54**
It is due to their mutual relativity. Here, although the living substance is said to be finite and infinite due to the theory of synonyms, yet the pure conviction is that only the substance which is eternal, infinite, marked by the single nature of the knower, free from change, and eternally blissful, is worthy of acceptance.
**Hindi Meaning**
**Verse 54**
The verse further states that although there is birth and death according to the theory of synonyms, there is no birth and death according to the theory of substance. There is no contradiction in saying this.
**General Meaning with Anvaya**
(Thus) as stated above, according to the theory of synonyms, (of the living being) there is birth of the non-existent synonym (of the living being) (because) the Jinas have said (so). This is contradictory, yet it is not contradictory.
**Specific Meaning**
As stated in the previous verse, according to the theory of the arising state, the human synonym, which is now existent, is destroyed due to the destruction of the lifespan, and due to the arising of the karma of motion, the non-existent synonym of the gods etc. is born. This is what the omniscient Lord has said. Earlier, in the introduction to the description of the substance, it was said that there is no destruction of the existent living substance in the form of being, and no birth of the non-existent living substance in the form of non-being. Here it is said that the existent living being is destroyed and the non-existent living being is produced. Therefore, there will be a contradiction. So the Acharya says that there is no contradiction because in the introduction to the substance, the destruction and production of the substance is denied according to the theory of substance. Here, it is said that production and destruction occur according to the theory of synonyms. There is no contradiction in this because the theory of substance and the theory of synonyms are mutually relative. Here, the intention is that although the living substance is said to be finite and infinite due to the theory of synonyms, yet the pure conviction is that only the substance which is eternal, infinite, marked by the single nature of the knower, free from change, and eternally blissful, is worthy of acceptance.
**Time Explanation**
**Verse 55**
This is the explanation of the condition, cause, and arising of the existence and non-existence of the living being.
**Neriya**
The names of the animals, humans, and gods are just designations. They are doing the existence and non-existence of the state of being.