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Description of the Six Substances and Five Astikayas, and the Non-Destruction of the Real and the Non-Production of the Unreal.
The life of a being is not destroyed, nor is an unreal being produced.
The life of beings is only as long as the names of their states, such as god and human. ||19||
If, indeed, the being that dies is the same one that is born, and the being that is born is the same one that dies, then it is established that there is no destruction of the real and no production of the unreal.
What is said, that a god is born and a human dies, is not contradictory because the god-state and human-state names, which are the creators of the limited-time god-state and human-state, are only as long as those states.
Just as the many segments of a large bamboo stalk, being limited in their own measure, do not go to another segment, but are present in their own places and absent in other places, and the bamboo, though present in all the segments, is absent in relation to another segment because of the absence of a connection to that segment, so also the many human-state and other states of a single life substance, which exists for an unlimited period of three times, being limited in their own measure, do not go to another state, but are present in their own places and absent in other places, and the life substance, though present in all the states, is absent in relation to another state because of the absence of a connection to that state. ||19||
Hindi Time Explanation Verse-19 _ Anvayaartha (evam) thus (jivasya) of the being (satah vinashah) the destruction of the real and (asatah utpadah) the production of the unreal (na asti) is not (dev janmata hai aur manushya marata hai aisa kaha jata hai uska yah karan hai ki) (jivaanam) of the beings (dev: manushya:) god, human (iti gatinaam) such state-names (tavat) only as long as (kalaka hota hai).
Commentary-Here, the non-destruction of the real and the non-production of the unreal are said from the side of certainty.
If, indeed, the being that dies is the same one that is born, and the being that is born is the same one that dies, then it is established that there is no destruction of the real and no production of the unreal. And what is said, that a god is born and a human dies, is (also) not contradictory because the limited-time god-state and human-state, which are the creators of the limited-time god-state and human-state, are only as long as those states. Just as the many segments of a large bamboo stalk, being limited in their own measure, do not go to another segment, but are present in their own places and absent in other places, and the bamboo, though present in all the segments, is absent in relation to another segment because of the absence of a connection to that segment, so also the many human-state and other states of a single life substance, which exists for an unlimited period of three times, being limited in their own measure, do not go to another state, but are present in their own places and absent in other places, and the life substance, though present in all the states, is absent in relation to another state because of the absence of a connection to that state.