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General meaning with Anvaya of Panchastikaya: (j) That which is (sallavakhanyam) of good characteristics, (uppaadavvyadhuvattasanjuttam) is accompanied by production, destruction, and change, (va) or (gunapajjaayasayam) is the basis of qualities and synonyms, (tam) that, i.e., the one with the aforementioned three characteristics, (savanhnu) the omniscient Lord [davvam] substance (bhananti) is called.
Specific meaning: The characteristic of substance is done by the sat-rupa dravyarthicnaya. This negates Buddhism which considers all things as non-existent. The characteristic is done by the paryayaarthicnaya as production, destruction, change, or qualities and synonyms. This negates the Sankhya and Nyaya who believe in the eternal and unchanging. By saying that the characteristic of existence is substance, the characteristics of production, destruction, change, or qualities and synonyms are obtained by rule. By characterizing as production, destruction, and change, the characteristic of existence or qualities and synonyms are obtained by rule. By characterizing as qualities and synonyms, the characteristic of production, destruction, change, or existence is obtained by rule. How are the other two characteristics obtained when one characteristic is stated? The answer is that there is mutual inseparability in these three characteristics, i.e., they are all implicit in each other. The meaning here is that pure jiva-dravya is upadaya, which has the characteristic of pure existence, because it does not have mithyatva, raga, dvesha, etc. The same, from the perspective of synonyms, has the characteristic of pure production, destruction, and change due to the six qualities of aguru, laghu, etc., which increase and decrease, and the characteristic of synonyms in the form of infinite qualities like akrutrima jnana, etc., and inherent happiness and perfect siddha. The pure jiva-astikaya is the one that possesses these three characteristics. This explanation refutes the Buddhist view of momentary monism, the Sankhya view of eternal monism, and the Nyaya and Mimamsa view of both eternal and non-eternal monism. The same should be known at the time of explaining other views everywhere. Why do we criticize the momentary monism? The answer to this question is that the one who started the action of creating a pot, etc., was destroyed at that very moment, then the action of the pot could not be completed, etc. Similarly, in believing in eternal monism, there is this flaw that the one who is sitting should remain sitting, the one who is happy should remain happy, the one who is unhappy should remain unhappy, etc. Since the eternally unchanging substance is engraved, there will be no other synonyms in it. Similarly, by believing in the monism of both substance and synonyms without mutual dependence, both the aforementioned flaws will be obtained. In Jainism, by believing in the mutual dependence of substance and synonyms, no flaw can arise. 10.
In this way, the gatha is completed mainly by the information that the characteristic of substance in the third sthala is of three types: existence, etc.