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Description of the Six Substances - Five Astikayas
It is in the region. In this world, there are infinite and infinite living beings who are eternally free from karma-born knowledge and are characterized by supreme bliss. They are even more infinite in their qualities. How do all these, with their different measures of space in the world-space, find space in this world-space? Bhagwan Kundkund Maharaj answers: Just as the light of many lamps finds space in one room, and a lot of gold in a single piece of fragrant betel nut, and a pot full of honey in a pot full of camel's milk, and the sound of victory and the sound of a bell, etc., find space in a cellar due to the special quality of penetration, so too, countless beings, etc., can find space in countless regional worlds. || 90 ||
**Indication of Space Outside the World**
Living beings, matter, body, dharma, and adharma are not different from the world. Space, which is without end, is different from and not different from the world. || 91 ||
Living beings, etc., are not different from the world because they are limited in size, while space, because it is infinite, is different from and not different from the world. || 91 ||
**Anvayaartha** [Living beings, matter-body, dharma, adharma, and time] are not different from the world. Space, which is without end, is different from and not different from the world.
**Commentary**
1- This is an indication of space outside the world.
The remaining substances (other than space) are limited in size and are therefore not different from the world. Space, however, is infinite and is therefore different from and not different from the world. || 91 ||
**San. Ta.** - Now, the text reveals that the world is a combination of the six substances, and that there is infinite space outside it. Living beings, matter-body, dharma, adharma, and time are all included in the world. How are they all included? They are not different from the world. Space, which is different from and not different from the world-space, is infinite. What is the proof of this? It is without end. Although the text generally states that these substances are not different from the world, it is certain that living beings are different from the other substances due to their characteristics of being formless, having only knowledge, being naturally endowed with supreme bliss, being eternal, and being free from impurities. The other substances are also different from living beings due to their own characteristics. Therefore, it is understood that there is no possibility of mixing or interference. || 11 ||
Thus, the first two verses have established the nature of the world and space outside the world.