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There is a class of living beings, with which the universe is packed, so that there is not an inch of space, anywhere, these are not. These living beings are conscious, they are very minute, and cannot be seen with eye or microscope, fire will not kill them, nor will water, they pass through these things without being hurt, no human instrument can kill these living beings, they can pass through mountains--anything. There are an infinity of these living beings and this is the source whence come the developing and liberated souls. They have an indefinite existence. They are called 'pigoda'.
The mithyâtva of these nigoda is avyakta Development mithyâtva or indefinite; it has not begins.
taken any shape, whereas, the mithyàtva of human beings is shaped and definite. A person has certain views on certain subjects.
The mithyâtva in the mithyâtva gunasthâną or first stage of development, is the definite kind; the indefinite kind is not a stage of development and the nigoda are in that indefinite state of existence, which is the state of existence before development has begun.
When, once, out of the indefinite mithyâtva state, the living being never goes back to it; if it goes back to the nigoda state it goes back as a nigoda of a different kind, naniely, having vyakta or definite mithyâtva. There are therefore two kinds of nigoda, one with indefinite mithyâtva whose
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