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Asamkhyeya-bhāgādişu jīvānām
VFk% Meaning:
ykdkdk’k ds vid; kro&Hkkx vkfn ea thoka dk voxkg gå The souls inhabit from one to all of innumerable parts of the universespace.
Q.V.15.1 A.V.15.1
What is the range of space-points pervaded by the souls / living beings? The souls occupy from one to innumerable space point of cosmos and can extend even to the entire cosmos itself.
Q.V.15.2 A.V.15.2
When does the soul pervade the entire universe? The soul pervades the entire space at the time of last death (keval - samudgh ta) i.e. just prior to achieving (liberation).
Q.V.15.3
A.V.15.3
If one soul exists in one of the innumerable space point of the universe, then how can infinite times infinite souls exist in the universe? Empirical souls are of two types namely gross and subtle. Gross souls cannot occupy same space. However subtle souls can exist as infinite souls with one body in one space point only like nigoda beings.
Q.V.15.4 A.V.15.4
What type of bodies do gross living beings have? They have bodies which cannot be penetrated by other bodies.
Q.V.15.5 A.V.15.5
What is the peculiarity of the bodies of subtle living beings? Even though the subtle living beings are with body, yet infinite subtle beings can exist in the same space as one nigoda being. They neither obstruct their own category of living beings nor the gross living beings.
Q.V.15.6
What is minimum and maximum space that one empirical soul can occupy? One empirical soul can occupy one space point to innumerable spacepoints (maximum) i.e. the entire universe.
A.V.15.6
Q.V.15.7 A.V.15.7
Why do living beings have forms different from each other? Every empirical soul has karmas bonded to it. Therefore it acquires a body according to its karma and is hence different from other living beings.
i nsk&l gkj &fol i kH; ka i nhi or- V.16 Prade a-samh ra-visarp bhy m prad pavat
VFk%
D; kód i nhi ds 1 eku tho ds i ns kka dk | dkp vkS folrkj gkus ds dkj.k ykdkdk'k ds vi{; $ &Hkkxkfnd insk thoka dk voxkg cu tkrk g (It is possible) by the contraction and expansion of the space-points (of a soul) as in the case of the light of a lamp.
Meaning:
Q.V.16.1
How does the empirical soul with innumerable space point exist in one of the innumerable space-points of space?
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