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not so. The concomitant characteristics of knowledge and perception such as infinite energy also remain in liberated souls. For without infinite energy there can be no infinite knowledge, and bliss is of the nature of knowledge.
It is contended that there are no emancipated souls, as they have no forms. But it is not so. They have the forms of their last bodies.
If the soul is of the extent of the body, then in the absence of the body, the soul will expand to the extent of the universe, as the soul is as extensive as the universe with regard to spacepoints. But it is not so, as there is no cause for it. The expansion or contraction of the soul is determined by the body-making karmas. And in the absence of the physique-making karmas, there is neither expansion nor contraction.
If there is no expansion or contraction in the absence of cause, then there would be no movement upwards without cause, just as there is no movement downwards or sideways. So the emancipated soul would remain at the place of emancipation. This doubt is cleared in the next sutra.
Jain, S.A., Reality, p. 285.
Ācārya Umasvami's Tattvārthasūtra तदनन्तरमूर्ध्वं गच्छत्यालोकान्तात् ॥
(10-5) Immediately after that the soul darts up to the end of the universe.
Ācārya Pujyapada’s Sarvārthasiddhi Immediately after it. After what? Immediately after attaining release from all karmas. The particle ‘āń' denotes limit. The soul goes up to the end of the universe.
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