Disclaimer: This translation does not guarantee complete accuracy, please confirm with the original page text.
The five astikayas have been explained. In this, there is also an example - just as in various mirrors, due to the dependence on the face of Devadatta, i.e., the face being reflected in the cleanliness of the mirrors, the pudgalas of the various mirrors have undergone transformation in the form of various faces. The face of Devadatta has not undergone transformation into many forms of faces. If this were to happen, then the reflection of the face in the mirror would attain the state of consciousness, which does not happen. In the same way, one moon does not undergo transformation into various forms, and no single substance called Brahma is seen which would become of various types like the moon. This implies that one jiva cannot transform into various jivas, only the species aspect or the aspect of common qualities is one type for all jivas, and this jiva is of two types in terms of the aspect of perception-action, or the aspect of worldly and liberated, or the aspect of bhavya and abhavya. The same jiva is of three characteristics in terms of the aspect of knowledge-consciousness, karma-consciousness, or karma-result-consciousness, or the aspect of production-expenditure-maturity, or the aspect of samyagdarshan, samyagjnan, samyagcharitra, or the aspect of dravya-guna-paryaya. Although it possesses the nature of remaining in the state of Siddha-gati by possessing the single characteristic of being unchanging, pure, and full of knowledge and bliss, due to its wandering in the four gatis of hell, etc., due to its transformation in the states of mithyadarshan and emotions like raga and dvesha, it is said to be of four types. Although it possesses the two characteristics of being kshayika and pure parinamik, due to its dwelling in the five main bhavya states of audayika, etc., it is of five types. And the same jiva is of six types due to its being associated with six upkrama. The meaning of this statement is that the one in which the reverse order is destroyed is called upkrama, i.e., this jiva goes to the end of death in the upward, downward, and four directions - east, west, south, north, as it is said - "Anushreni gati" that the movement of the jiva is sequential. It does not go in crooked directions. For this reason, it is of six types. The same jiva is proved by the seven bhangas of dravya - syat asti, syat nasti, syat astinasti, syat avaktvy, syat asti avaktvy, syat nasti avaktvy, syat astinasti avaktvy, so it is of seven types. Although this jiva is the basis of eight qualities like samyaktva, etc., which are characterized by being free from attachment, etc., due to its being associated with eight karmas like jnana-avaran, etc., and asrava, it is of eight types. Although this jiva appears as one undivided knowledge-form in the state of nirvikalpa samadhi, which is a common quality found in all jivas, due to its pervading in nine substances like jiva, ajiv, asrava, bandha, samvara, nirjara, moksha, punya, papa, like gold spread in various gold substances, it is of nine forms. Although it is the possessor of the single characteristic of pure buddhi,