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that when the other people are embraced by senility then their bodies become languid whereas His (omniscient's) body does not become languid till the end of Ayu-karma; therefore, the comparison between other people's bodies and the omniscient's body is not possible.
Further, if you will say that the Devas'food itself is of such type that hunger gets subsided for a very long time but by which thing did the omniscient's hunger get subsided and how body remained sturdy? Our answer is that the hunger got subsided due to very feeble rise of Asata Vedaniya Karma and every moment the best quality of gross body particles are sucked, so this is the NokarmaAhar, i.e., taking of food of particles which forms the excellent gross body; therefore, such kinds of Varganas (matter-particles) are sucked owing to which the hunger, etc. are not caused and the body does not get languid. In the scriptures (doctrines) the taking of food by the omniscient Lord is described from this viewpoint only.
Moreover, the cereals food is not the main cause of the sturdiness of the body. The tangible proof is that even if someone takes little quantity of food his body becomes sturdy, while someone takes large quantity of food and still his body remains weak. And people following the yogic exercises of respiration control, etc. do not take food for a longer period and yet their bodies remain sturdy; the monks possessed of supernatural powers observe complete fasts, etc., yet their bodies remain strong. The omniscient Jina is having the supremeness in all respects, what is the wonder if His body remains strong even without taking cereals food, etc.? Moreover, how would the omniscient Jina go for taking food? How would He beg?
And if He-the omniscient Jina goes to take food then how would the Samavasarana (Jina's auditorium or preaching Arena) remain vacant? Or if you will support bringing food by others then who will bring? Who will know of His mind? How would the oath of observing the fast, etc. taken earlier be sustained? How would He accept food where obstacle caused by living beings appears to be present all everywhere? Thus in many ways, the contrariety is quite obvious. Further, they say-"the omniscientJina takes food but it is not visible
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