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hypothesis of the expansion and contract 07 of the soul sub stance is tenable.
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SUTRA 17. गतिस्थित्युपग्रहौ धर्माधर्म
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DHARMA YORUPAKĀRAH. [17] (जीवानाम् पद्गलानाम् च गतिस्थित्यपग्रहौ धर्माधर्मयोरुपकारो
safari) (Tr.-The function of dharma and adharma is to support respectively the motion and rest of souls and matter.)
These dravyas and their nature have been fully discussed in pages 13-31 ante. We shall deal here with a few points more.
The author of Sarvartha-siddhi has raised various interesting questions and then answered them satisfactorily. What is the harm if we associate the funtions of motion and rest with space which exists everywhere? The answer is :
एकस्यानेकप्रयोजनकल्पनायां लोकालोकविभागाभावः i.e., “By doing so, the division between loka and aloka, finite · universe and infinite empty space surrounding it, would disappear.”
As has been disussed in pages 93 et. seq. this division is absolutely essential in order to ensure the stability and eternity of the universe. The next question raised and answered by him is :
तुल्यबलवत्त्वात्तयोर्गतिस्थितिप्रतिबन्ध इति चेन्न, अप्रेरकत्वात् । i.e. “How can motion or rest be possible when the dravyasdharma and adharma are unifromly distributed in the universe and have equal potency? i.e., the motion of bodies would be opposed by the co-existing and co-operative forces of adharma and vice versa." And the answer given is : "It is not so because
