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definite that way. This is why, it is known as non-sense or quasi-sense. Thus, it should not be separately mentioned in the aphorism 5.19. A. This is not correct. Despite the non-fixed nature of mind, it is always due to karmic destruction-cum-subsidence. Wherever it is applied consciously, there are soul spacepoints equivalent to innumerableth part of UA in size transformed and designated as mind. 7. Further, if sense of sight etc. could not be included due to their being in the form of transformed soul spacepoints, the speech should also not be included here as it is too produced due to destruction-cumsubsidence of knowledge-obscuring and energy-obstructing karmas. 8. Q. It is opined that the speech-mattegies are not transformed soul spacepoints when coming out of mouth. Therefore, they should be mentioned separately in the aphorism 5.19.
This is not correct. We have already said that all the physical senses are mattergic. Hence, they should be separately counted through the word 'ca' in the later aphorism 5.20. 9. The mind has been mentioned here after the speech as it is found in an embodied soul along with speech capacity. 10. The respiratory function is mentioned in the end as it is observed in all the living beings of the world. 11. Q. The aphorism 5.19 seems to characterise the mattergic reality rather than its functions. A. This is not correct. The differentia of mattergy will be described later in aphorism 5.23. This aphorism refers only to its functions and services in the related section. 12. Q. It is proper to mention the functions of the realities of medium of motion and rest because they are non-mattergic and non-direct. However, the mattergies like body etc. are mattergic and direct. Hence, their functions need not be mentioned. This is purposeless. For example, what purpose will it serve if one says that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west or that the jaggery is sweet and ginger is pungeant. A. This is not correct. There are mattergic entities which are nonperceptible. The physique-making karmas of gross, protean, ejectable, luminous and karmic bodies are basically non-perceptible due to their
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