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Letter 8 manifestation and the evolution of the next one take place at the same moment or samay. For example in a dark room, when we switch on the light what happens ? The presence of light and the absence of darkness take place at the same time. It is not that darkness had to leave first and was replaced by light later on.
The extinction and evolution of the manifestations also take place in the same manner.
In one samay the previous manifestation extinguishes and the new one is evolved. This extinction and evolution is taking place, every moment constantly without fail and yet the substance remains the same; all its attributes also remain the same. This phenomenon of being same or remaining unchanged is called Dhrouvya (ate / ganti gara ) i.e. permanence.
Oh dear! Did you note that in a matter of few moments while learning some basic facts about substances, attributes and their manifestations we have learnt an important basic principle about the real nature of things ( Vastu Swarup-atpa4.).
That principle is, that each substance is at the same time has the nature of evolution and extinction and yet is permanent. It has Utpad Greta (evolution ), Vyaya apa ( extinction) and Dhruvata gant (permanance ). The characteristic of the substance is being permanent i.e. constant existence. But that permanence has a process of evoluation and extinction along with it.
Please note that the state of being constant does not mean being static, but it includes both the processes of evolution and extinction taking place at every moment. Yet the substance exists eternally, the substance is never destroyed, inspite of the changes taking place in the substance every moment, yet it never perishes.
In the scripture Tattvarthasutra (raket) it is defined as Utpad vyaya dhrouvya yuktam sat Jugore terytoq Hest. And another definition is Sat dravya lakshanam Ho sort UTT.
In any substance there is an evolution of one manifestation at one samay and simultaneously at the same samay the extinction of the earlier manifestation takes place and the substance remains constant. Thus all three processes i.e. Utpad, Vyaya and Dhrouvya take place in one samay.
In the example of gold, at one time the manifestation of the gold in the form of bangle is changed into the manifestation in the form of ring. At that time there is evolution of ring manifestation and at the same time there is extinction of bangle manifestation. But through all this process the substance gold remains constant at the same time.
