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swallowing takes place; hence, taking of food is not similar to that of making movement.
You will say that taking of food is caused due to the rise of Sata Vedaniya Karma (pleasure-producing Karmas); but this too is not correct. If the Jiva is suffering from hunger, etc. and after taking food, etc. he feels happy, then his taking of food, etc. are described to have been caused due to the rise of Sata Vedaniya. If you say that taking of food, etc. happens automatically due to the rise of Sata Vedaniya, this is not correct. If this be correct then the rise of Sata Vedaniya is chiefly found in the heavenly gods (celestial beings), why then they do not take food continuously? Moreover, the great ascetics when observe complete fast, etc. then also the rise of Sata Vedaniya is possible to them and those who are found taking food continuously the rise of Asata is also possible to them.
Therefore, as without desire the movement is possible due to the rise of Vihayogati Karma, similarly, without any desire, the act of taking of food is not possible simply due to the rise of Sata Vedaniya only.
Again they say. “In the scriptures, the hunger, etc., eleven afflictions, are described occurring to omniscient Jina; so, the existence of hunger is possible to him. And without taking the food, etc., how would it get mitigated? We, therefore, believe the taking of food to be possible in the omniscient Jina."
Answer: The rise of karmic Prakritis is found with feeble and intense variation. There, in the omniscient Jina, due to extremely feebled rise of karmas, the manifestation of the act consequent on the rise of karmas is not found; therefore, mainly it is said to be nonexistent; but minutely speaking, its existence is accepted. For example- in the ninth Gunasthanaa the rise of sex-passion is extremely feeble, the act of copulation is not present there; therefore, the complete celibacy is described there. But minutely speaking, the existence of sex-passion, etc. is accepted there. Similarly, the rise of Asata Vedaniya is extremely feebled in the case of omniscient Jina; because in each one Kandakast, there exists infinitesimal parts and
1. Kandaka: The species of karmas which are due to rise every moment with
certain fruition power and it contains infinitesimal parts and divisions.
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