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naturally the question arises 'What exists beyond that boundary?' But actually it has no boundary. Space is without an end and it is boundless. If the jivas and pudgals could move about unimpeded in space, the universe as we perceive it to-day would have become non-existent. It would have become disorderly and would have gone to fragments running helter-skelter but the actual condition is not this. The jivas and the inert substances
n move about unimpeded only in some parts of this sky. Those parts of the sky in which such a movement is possible are called the lokakash. The remaining empty and vacant sky is called the alokakash. Either jivas or inert substances do not exist in the alokakash.
(4) Dharmastikay: The jivas and the pudgals can move about only in the lokakash. This is determined and helped by the dravya called Dharmastikay. The fish can move about only in that part of a lake which has water in it. Therefore it is said that water helps the movement of the fish. Water does not push fish and make them move about. Yes. If the fish desire to move about water helps them to do so. Therefore because there is no water on the banks of the lake, the fish cannot move about in that part of the lake as they like. In the same manner, the Dharmastikay helps the movement of the jivas and the inert pudgals. Therefore, the jivas and the pudgals move about in the lokakash with its help. The Dharmastikay does not exist beyond the lokakash; therefore, in that area no movement is possible. This word Dharma found in Dharmastikay is totally different from the Dharma which the sadhaka (one who endeavours to attain moksha) carries out. This point must be clearly borne in mind.
(5) Adharmastikay: Someone has to help a child to keep standing or to stand up. Someone has to help even a sick person to stand up. In the same manner the Adharmastikay helps the jivas and the pudgals to stand up and to keep standing and to remain firm. The nature of Adharmastikay is opposite to that of Dharmastikay. That is why, it is called Adharmastikay. Even this dravya pervades the lokakash. Therefore, the jivas and the pudgals can go only up to the limit of the lokakash and remain firm within it. As a result of this, the jivas that are freed from
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