________________ Verse 71-72 assertion: 'in a way' (syad) it simply is - syad-asti, 'in a way' (syad) it simply is not - syad-nasti, 'in a way' (syad) it simply is and in a way it simply is not - syad-asti-nasti, 'in a way' (syad) it simply is indescribable - syad-avaktavya, 'in a way' (syad) it simply is and in a way it simply is indescribable-syad-asti-avaktavya, 'in a way' (syad) it simply is not and in a way it simply is indescribable - syad-nastiavaktavya, and 'in a way' (syad) it simply is, in a way it simply is not and in a way it simply is indescribable - syad-asti-nasti-avaktavya. It is thus of seven kinds. The soul (jiva) is the substratum of eight kinds of karmas, like the knowledge-obscuring (jnanavaraniya) or of eight supreme-qualities like the perfect-knowledge (kevalajnana, omniscience). It is thus of eight kinds. The soul (jiva) blends with nine objects (padartha) - soul (jiva), nonsoul (ajiva), influx (asrava), bondage (bandha), stoppage (samvara), gradual-dissociation (nirjara), liberation (moksa), merit (punya), and demerit (papa). It is thus of nine kinds. The soul (jiva) exists in ten kinds of bodies - earth (prthivi), water (jala), fire (agni), air (vayu), plants-with-one-common-body (sadharana vanaspati), plants-with-individual-body (pratyeka vanaspati), two-sensed, three-sensed, four-sensed and five-sensed beings. It is thus of ten kinds. . . . . . . . . . . 143
