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Letter 5 destroyer of the cosmos. And the Sheshanag ( 4m) i.e. the serpent holds the world on its hood. After the destruction of the world or cosmos there is nothing left except the existence of Brahma or the creator and out of it once again the evolution of the new world comes about. These are all imaginary concepts. All these theories are negated or proved to be false by the statement we saw in the last para. This is in fact a statement of Matartha. That is while stating the true nature of cosmos it also disproves or shows the fallacy of the other theory of cosmos in other doctrines.
Lok is further described in details. Conglomeration of all the six substances is Lok. All these substances though different in existence, occupy the same space, by accommodating or superimposing upon each other. And this entire space accommodating and consisting of all the substances is called Lok. All these substances are everlasting and that is why Lok has no beginning and no end. That is why it is Anadi Anant
alfaria. This existence of all the substances occupying same space is described by the term Ekakshetravgah ( एकक्षेत्रावगाह) sambandha ( संबंध). It means, (as we have said before ) though all the substances have different existence they all occupy the same space at the same time. For example if a cube of glass is kept in front of the lamp, the lig through it. So the same space is occupied by the glass cube and the light, which is a different substance from the glass.
I will explain this by some other example. Suppose there is a yellow light in a room. And then another blue light is put on in the same room alongwith this yellow light. Then both the yellow as well as the blue light occupy the same space in that room. This is an example of the same kind of thing namely light occupying the same space. Secondly, if we take a glass full of water and try to add more water to it, it will spill out. But if we add some ash to it, the same will be accommodated by the water. In addition if you pierce some pins in the ash they will also stand in the same space of that glass. That means water accommodated them in the same space. Here we have seen how two different kinds of things accommodate or exist with each other in the same space. In the same way all the six different kinds of substances occupy the same space or Akash.
In the same Akash or space as we call it in common language, there is Dharma Dravya, Adharma Dravya and also innumerable Kaal Dravya as well as infinite Jeev Dravya and infinite infinite Pudgal Dravya.
All these do not demand any separate special space. And despite occupying the same space they are different in nature and existence from each other. Each one of them has its own different characteristics, which they continue to hold. These characteristics do not change because of
