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placed in the end in this aphorism. All the mattergies promote the above four phenomena for the living beings. 9. Q. The word 'promotion' or 'beneficiation' (upagraha) in aphorism 5.20 is unnecessary as it is contextual from the early aphorism and deals with mattergic assistance. A. This is not so. The repeat word 'promotion' here is intended to indicate that the mattergies support themselves too in addition to the living beings. The mattergies are not like other non-mattergic realities like medium of motion etc. which promotes others only. We can illustrate the inter-mattergic promotion by the examples of (I) purification of bronze and other metals by ashes, (ii) purification of water by kataka nuts and (iii) tempering of steel by water. 10-11. Q. Death is undesirable to all. It is, therefore, not a soul supporting phenomena. A. This is desirable for frustrated or despondent people. It is observed that those people desire death who have lost respects from the family or society and worried due to pains, sorrow and acute diseases etc.
Secondly, the aphorism mentions all the phenomena prompted by the mattergies whether desirable or not. Just as it mentions pain, through undesirable, it also mentions death too in a similar way. 12. Q. This is the context of functions of mattergy promotions. Both the aphorisms 5.19 and 5.20 deal with them. Why the two cannot be reduced to a single aphorism only ? A. The two aphorisms have been composed separate to avoid the apprehension that the four- pleasure, pain etc. are the respective effects of the four-body, speech etc. This apprehension is undesirable. Moreover, the pleasure, pain etc. are also related with the function of the living beings detailed in aphorism 5.21. Thus, the two separate aphorisms are necessary. 13. Q. There cannot be any reasonability in the existence of pleasure, pains etc. in the soul. If the soul is eternal, it will always be the same as before. There cannot be any changes in it. How can
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