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अजीवाधिकार
2- THE NON-SOUL
And, the substance of time (kāla dravya) is without space-points (pradeśa); it occupies just one space-point (pradeśa). As the indivisible atom of matter (pudgala-paramāņu) traverses slowly in the substance of space (ākāśa dravya) from one space-point to the other, the time-atom (kālāņu) evolves into its mode (paryāya) of time (duration or samaya).
The universe-space (lokākāśa) has innumerable (asamkhyāta) spacepoints (pradeśa). Each space-point (pradeśa) of the universe-space (lokākāśa) is inhabited by one time-atom (kālāņu). These innumerable (asamkhyāta) time-atoms (kālāņu) fill up the entire universe-space (lokākāśa). Each time-atom (kālānu) maintains its separate identity; it does not unite with other time-atoms (kālāņu), as the heap of gems. As the indivisible atom of matter (pudgala-paramāņu) traverses slowly from one space-point (pradeśa) to the other in the substance of space (ākāśa dravya), the time-atom (kālāņu) transforms into the mode (paryāya) that is time (duration or samaya). Since the time-atom (kālāņu) has single space-point (pradeśa), it is apradesī, without space-points.
Ācārya Nemicandra's Dravyasamgraha:
दव्वपरिवट्टरूवो जो सो कालो हवेइ ववहारो । परिणामादीलक्खो वट्टणलक्खो य परमट्ठो ॥२१॥
जो द्रव्यों के परिवर्तन-रूप, परिणाम-रूप देखा जाता है वह तो व्यवहार-काल है और वर्तना लक्षण का धारक जो काल है, वह निश्चय-काल है।
Conventional time (vyavahāra kāla) is perceived by the senses through the transformation and modification of substances. Real time (niscaya kāla), however, is the cause of imperceptible, minute changes (called vartanā) that go on incessantly in all substances.
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