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**The Five Astikayas and Beyond**
With the thirty-seven **rasanubhava** (taste of experience) **samarasi** (harmonious) **bhavas** (states of being) as the basis, and other pure **bhavas**, what should one do? What should one know? What is the **ajiva** (non-living) substance? What are the **lingas** (signs) or **chinnas** (marks) that distinguish it? The meaning of the sutra is that it should be known through the **jnana** (knowledge) that is different from the **jada** (inert) qualities, which will be explained later. ||123||
Thus, the conclusion of the explanation of the **jiva** (living) substance and the beginning of the explanation of the **ajiva** substance are both contained in this single sutra, marking the completion of the sixth **sthala** (stage).
**Summary:**
As mentioned earlier, there is one independent **gatha** (verse) that names the nine substances, starting with "**jivajiva bhavas**" (living-living states). Following this, there are fifteen **sutras** (aphorisms) in six **sthala** (stages) that explain the **jiva** and other substances. In this way, the second **maha-adhikaran** (major chapter) that explains the nine substances in sixteen **gatha** (verses) is complete, with the completion of the second **antara-adhikaran** (sub-chapter).
**Hindi Translation:**
The **utthanika** (introduction) to the next **gatha** (verse) condenses the explanation of the **jiva** (living) substance, while the next **gatha** (verse) begins the explanation of the **ajiva** (non-living) substance.
**General Meaning with Anvaya (Word Order):**
(Evam) In this way, (annehi vi) by other (bahugehi) many (pajjayehi) synonyms, (jivam) this living being, (abhigamy) understanding, (nanantaridehi) by knowledge different from the inert qualities, (lingehi) by signs, (ajjivam) the non-living principle, (abhigacchadu) know.
**Specific Meaning:**
Previously, the distinctions of one-sense beings, etc., were mentioned. By understanding the distinctions of the living beings through these, then, according to the **vyavahara** (practical) perspective, the distinctions of worldly beings in terms of **guna-sthana** (quality-place), **jiva-sthana** (living being-place), and **marga-na** (path-knowledge), and the distinctions of the living beings' own human, etc., bodies, their structures, and external forms, which arise from the **udaya** (arising) of **nama-karma** (name-action), and the distinctions based on the **ashuddha** (impure) **nishcaya** (certainty) in terms of the impure **bhavas** (states) of **raga** (attachment), **dvesha** (aversion), and **moha** (delusion), and the distinctions based on the **shuddha** (pure) **nishcaya** (certainty) in terms of the **vitraga** (free from attachment) and **vikalpa** (choice)-free **chidananda** (blissful consciousness) nature of the **atma** (soul) substance, which is experienced as the **paramananda** (supreme bliss) and the **sukha-amrita** (nectar of happiness) taste, and the **samarasi** (harmonious) **bhavas** (states) that arise from this experience, and the pure **parinamana** (transformation) distinctions, etc., understand the living beings. After that, know the **ajiva** (non-living) substances through the **jada** (inert) qualities, whose nature will be explained later. This is the meaning of the sutra. ||123||