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सूक्ष्मनिगोदापर्याप्तगेषु स्वकसंभवेषु भ्रमित्वा । चरमापूर्णत्रिवक्राणामादिमवक्रस्थिते एव भवेत् ॥ ३२१ ।।
821. (This Paryaya minimum, non-verbal, scriptural knowledge) is only in fine (completely) undevelopable common soul, (Nigoda) during the first turning, out of the three (maximum possible) turnings (in transmigration), to its last completely undevelopable (incarnation) after having been born in all its possible (mean births, 6012-minus this last one.)
Commentary. This is so, because continuous wanderings in the same absolutely lowest form of existence cause the greatest pain, and generate the most instense kind of conation and knowledge-obscuring-Karmas. By the operation of such Karmas, when the soul moves towards the last of its mean births, it has absolutely the lowest degree of conation and of sensitive and non-verbal scriptural knowledge.
सुहमणिगोदअपज्जत्तयस्स जादस्स पढमसमयम्हि । फासिंदियमदिपुव्वं सुदणाणं लद्धिअक्खरयं ॥ ३२२ ॥ सूक्ष्म निगोदापर्याप्तकस्य जातस्य प्रथमसमये । स्पशेनेन्द्रियमतिपूर्व श्रुतज्ञानं लब्ध्यक्षरकम् ॥ ३२२ ॥
322. In the fine (completely) undevelopable common (soul, Nigoda) in the first instant of its (moving towards the last) birth (there is) the minimum non-verbal (Labdhyakshara i. e. the minimum knowledge because it is indestructible; Akshara) destruction-subsidence (Kshyayopashama) of the Karmas which obscure the scriptural knowledge preceded by sensitive (knowledge ) (by means of) sense of touch.
अवरुवरिरम्मि अणंतमसंखं संखं च भागवड्डीए । संखमसंखमणंतं गुणवडी होति हु कमेण ॥ ३२३ ॥ अवरोपरि अनन्तमसंख्यं संख्यं च भागवृद्धयः । संख्यमसंख्यमनन्तं गुणवृद्धयो भवन्ति हि क्रमेण ॥ ३२३ ॥
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