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After having discussed 15 sub-types of the threefold activity of mind, speech and body the chapter takes up the exposition of Gatippavāya' (Gatiprapāta) (1086-1123). This seems to be a collection of secondary matter. All those activities that involve movement or motion (gati) 4 are collected here and are grouped under five different heads, viz. 1 prayogagati, 2 tatagati, 3 bandhana. chedana-gati, 4 upapātagati and 5 vihāyogati (1085).
Out of the activities of these five groups, those of the first group are discussed in connection with the 24 classes of living beings. In other words, about the activities of the first group only we are told as to which of them are found in each of the 24 classes of living beings. But the activities of the remaining groups are not discussed in connection with the 24 classes of living beings. That is, about the activities of these four groups we are not told as to which of them are possibly present in each of the 24 classes of living beings.
Let us take the activities of the first group. They are called prayoga-gati' (1086-1089). We have already discussed (1068) 15 sub-types of the activities of this group. Hence we need not repeat here what we have already said.
All the movement that one performs before he reaches the destination is called tata-gati. It is so called because it is long drawn out (1090).
The movement which results on account of the bondage of soul and body being cut off is called bandhana-chedana-gati (1091).
Bhavopapāta-gati means soul's transformation into celestial being or infernal being or human being or sub-human being. Accordingly, this gati is of four types. The transformation of soul into any one of the above-mentioned four beings is caused by its own karma. The movement of the liberated soul (siddhagati) is not included in the bhavopapātagati because the former is not caused by the karma whereas the latter is caused by the karma. - Upapāta-gati is of three types, viz. kşetropapata, bhavopapata and no-bhavopapata. The movement of a living being in the concerned space is called kşetropapātagati. The transformation of a soul into the concerned states of transmigratory existence, viz. the state of infernal beings etc. is called bhavopapātagati (1092–99).
The movement called nobhavopapātagati is of two types, one characterising matter and another characterising liberated souls.
4. “gamanaṁ gatih prăptir ity arthaḥ | práptiś ca deśāntaravişayā paryāyānta
ravişayā ca......I gateh prapāto gatiprapātaḥ...... gatisabdapravsttirupanipatatity arthaḥ "-Prajñāpanātikā, folio 328.
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