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## Chapter 256: Description of the Five Astikayas and Six Dravyas, and a Chulika
Here, the corporeal and incorporeal nature, and the conscious and unconscious nature of the Dravyas are described.
**Verse 97:**
* **Akasha, Kala, Jiva, Dharma, and Adharma are incorporeal.**
* **Pudgala Dravya is corporeal.**
* **Jiva is truly conscious among them.**
**Explanation:**
* **Corporeal** is that which has the nature of possessing touch, taste, smell, and color.
* **Incorporeal** is that which has the nature of lacking touch, taste, smell, and color.
* **Conscious** is that which has the nature of possessing consciousness.
* **Unconscious** is that which has the nature of lacking consciousness.
Therefore:
* **Akasha** is incorporeal.
* **Kala** is incorporeal.
* **Jiva** is incorporeal in its own form, but can become corporeal through association with corporeal Dravyas.
* **Dharma** is incorporeal.
* **Adharma** is incorporeal.
* **Pudgala** is the only corporeal Dravya.
* **Akasha** is unconscious.
* **Kala** is unconscious.
* **Dharma** is unconscious.
* **Adharma** is unconscious.
* **Pudgala** is unconscious.
* **Jiva** is the only conscious Dravya.
**Anvayaartha (Meaning of the words in order):**
* **Akasha, Kala, Jiva:** Akasha, Kala, Jiva
* **Dharma, Adharma:** Dharma and Adharma
* **Murti Parihina:** are incorporeal
* **Pudgala Dravya Murta:** Pudgala Dravya is corporeal
* **Teshu:** among them
* **Jiva:** Jiva
* **Khalu:** truly
* **Chetana:** conscious
**Commentary:**
Here, the corporeal and incorporeal nature, and the conscious and unconscious nature of the Dravyas are described.
**Translation of the Sanskrit Commentary:**
After this, the commentary on the Chulika describing the Five Astikayas and Six Dravyas continues until the eighth verse. Within the eight verses, the verse beginning with "Aayas" primarily describes the conscious and unconscious, corporeal and incorporeal nature. The verse beginning with "Jiva Poggalakaya" primarily describes the active and inactive nature. The verse beginning with "Je Khalu Indiyagejja" describes the corporeal and incorporeal nature in another way. The two verses beginning with "Kalo Parinam Bhavo" primarily describe the two types of time: the time of experience, which is the time of the transformation of Jiva, Pudgala, etc., and the time of certainty, which is the time that is the cause of the transformation and is in accordance with the time of experience. The verse beginning with "Ede Kalagas" primarily describes the nature of the Dravyas, the fact that they are not bodies because they lack the second and subsequent parts. The two verses beginning with "Evam Pavayan Saram" describe the result of contemplation, which is the path to liberation, which is the nature of the pure Jiva, which is the form of Kevala Jnana Darshan, which is part of the Five Astikayas, during the time of the transformation of the Vitaraga Nirvikalpa Samadhi. Thus, these eight verses describe the six stages of the path.