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Verse 25
होंति असंखा जीवे धम्माधम्मे अणंत आयासे । मुत्ते तिविह पदेसा कालस्सेगो ण तेण सो काओ ॥ (25)
गाथा भावार्थ - एक जीव, धर्म तथा अधर्म द्रव्य में असंख्यात प्रदेश हैं और आकाश में अनन्त प्रदेश हैं। पुद्गल द्रव्य में संख्यात, असंख्यात तथा अनन्त प्रदेश हैं और काल के एक ही प्रदेश है, इसलिए काल को 'काय' नहीं माना गया है।
25. There are innumerable space-points in a soul (jīva), the medium of motion (dharma), and the medium of rest (adharma). Space (ākāśa) has infinite space-points. Matter (pudgala) has numerable, innumerable and infinite space-points. Time (kāla) has just one space-point and, therefore, it is not called kāya.
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Ācārya Umasvami's Tattvārthasūtra असंख्येयाः प्रदेशाः धर्माधर्मैकजीवानाम् ॥
(5-8) There are innumerable points of space in the medium of motion, the medium of rest, and in each individual soul.
Ācārya Pujyapada's Sarvārthasiddhi What cannot be counted is innumerable. Innumerable is of three kinds, the minimum, the maximum, and that which is neither the minimum nor the maximum (i.e. midway between the two). Here the third variety of innumerable is implied. A
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