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GOMMATASARA.
sub-classes operate) as in their respective stages. (But there is) no (operation of) clouded right belief in (the stages where there is) subsidential or destructive (rightbelief); and in (the stages where there is) subsidential rightbelief (there do) not (operate the 5, i. e.,) the first three migratory forms, (i. e., all except celestial) and the two assimilative (body and limbs).
Commentary.
The above is explained by two supplementary Gathas* in the Sanskrit Commentary. Souls do not die in the 3rd or mixed stage, during vibration of the assimilative mixed with physical body, in the stages of destructive ladder, when ascending the first part of New thought-activity in the subsidential ladder, in the first subsidential right-belief, in the 7th hell Mahátamah having acquired the attribute of right-belief and continuing in it.
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But in the Sanskrit Commentary page 475, Calcutta Edition, Mishra is translated potentially developable soul. Both the meanings seem correct, because the soul does not die either in the 3rd stage, or in the potentially developable condition.
In this last condition the soul is really a developable soul, but the completion of the capacity to develope fully is effected in one antar muhúrta and the condition of being potentially developable lasts within that Antar-muhúrta only. If death should occur within that Antar-muhúrta, the soul would be called not potentially developable, but completely undevelopable.
And there is no death for one Antar-muhúrta for a soul with second subsidential right-belief having come down to the 1st stage of wrong-belief and whose error-feeding passions have already been transformed into lesser passions.
Also there is no death for a soul who is on the point of destroying the right-belief deluding Karma but has not completely destroyed it, so long as he does not become successful destructive-subsidential right-believer (Krit-kritya Vedaka Samyakdrishți). All these 8 steps (are) other than (death) occasions.
* मिस्साहारस्सयया खवगा चडमाणपढमपुव्वा य । पढमुवसमया तमतमगुणपडिवण्णा य णं मरति ॥ १ ॥ अणसंजोगे मिच्छे मुहुत्ततोत्ति णत्थि मरणं तु । कदकर णिज्जं जाव दु सव्वपरट्ठाण अट्ठपदा ॥ २ ॥
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