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## Description of the Six Substances and Five Astikayas
**Verse 18 of the Hindi Time Explanation**
**Meaning:** (It is the same) The same (jati) birth it receives and the same (maranm yati) death it attains, however (na ev utpannah) it is not born (cha) and (na nashttah) not destroyed, (dev: manushyah) the god, the human (iti paryayah) such synonyms (utpannah) are born (cha) and (vinashtah) destroyed.
**Commentary:** Here, although the substance is said to be subject to destruction and production, it is always said to be indestructible and unproduced.
The substance that appears to be destroyed and produced by the separation from the previous synonym and the combination with the next synonym, the same (substance) is known to be indestructible and unproduced due to its inherent nature, which is the cause of the constant-one-reality, in relation to that nature. Its synonyms are said to be of the nature of destruction and production due to the destruction of the previous result and the production of the next result, and they (synonyms) are said to be inseparable from the substance in reality. Therefore, even though it is born and dies due to the oneness with the synonyms, the living substance is always seen (believed) to be unproduced and indestructible. The synonyms like god, human, etc., are born and destroyed because they are sequential, their own time is present and passes. ||18||
**Sanskrit Meaning Explanation Verse 18**
Now, the same meaning is strengthened again by two arguments: - So che jadi-sa cha ev jivapadarthah paryayarthikanayena devaparyayarupaam jatimutpattim jadi-yati gachchati sa chaiva maranam-maranm yati. Na naho na uppppanoh. Dravyarthikanayena punar na nashttoh na chotpannah. Tarhi kosau nashttah kosau utpannah? Uppanno ya vinatttho manusoti pajjao-paryayarthikanayena devaparyay utpanno manushyaparyayo vinashtah. Nanu yadyutpadavinashau tarhi tasya eva padarthasya nityatvam katham? Nityatvam tarhi tasya eva utpadavyayadvayam cha katham parasparaviruuddham idam sitooshnavad iti purvapakse pariharamaahu: Yesham mate sarvathaikanten nityam vastu kshanikam va tesham dooshanam idam. Katham iti chet? Yena eva rupena nityatvam tena eva anityatvam na ghatate, yena cha rupananityatvam tena eva nityatvam na ghatate. Kasmat? Ekasvabhavatvadvastunastammate. Jainamate punar anekasvabhavam vastu tena karenana dravyarthikanayena dravyarupena nityatvam ghatate paryayarthikanayena paryayarupena anityatvam cha ghatate. Tau cha dravyaparyayau parasparam saapekshau, taccha saapekshatvam "pajjayarahyam davyam dabavimutta ya pajjaya natthi" ityādi purva vyakhyatam tena karenana dravyarthikaparyayarthikanayayo: parasparagounamukhyabhavavyakhyanaadekadevadettasya janyajanakaadibhavavatt ekasyapi dravyasya nityanityatvam ghatate, nasti virodh iti sutraarthah. ||18||