________________ Verse 76 स्कन्धों में पुद्गल के व्यवहार का समर्थन - The aggregate molecular-matter (skandha) is conventionally termed the 'matter' (pudgala) - बादरसुहुमगदाणं खंधाणं पुग्गलो त्ति ववहारो / ते होंति छप्पयारा तेलोक्कं जेहिं णिप्पण्णं // 6 // बादरसौक्ष्यगतानां स्कंधानां पुद्गलः इति व्यवहारः / ते भवन्ति षट्प्रकारास्त्रैलोक्यं यैः निष्पन्नम् // 76 // अन्वयार्थ - [बादरसौम्यगतानां] बादर और सूक्ष्म रूप से परिणत [स्कंधानां] स्कन्धों का [पुद्गलः] 'पुद्गल' [इति ] ऐसा [व्यवहारः] व्यवहार है। [ते] वे [ षट्प्रकाराः भवन्ति ] छह प्रकार के हैं, [यैः] जिनसे [त्रैलोक्यं] तीन-लोक [निष्पन्नं] निष्पन्न (निर्मापित) है। The aggregate molecular-matter (skandha), gross (badara) or fine (suksma), is conventionally termed the 'matter' (pudgala). The 'matter' (pudgala) are of six kinds and fill completely the three-worlds or the universe-space (loka). EXPLANATORY NOTE The term 'pudgala' indicates the nature of increase (purana) and decrease (galana)- 'satgunahanivrddhi' - rhythmic rise and fall. The term also indicates that the pudgala have the qualities (guna) of touch (sparsa), taste (rasa), smell (gandha) and colour (varna), which exhibit the nature of increase and decrease. Since the atom (paramanu) has the power of union to turn into the aggregate molecular-matter (skandha), it, too, gets the name pudgala. Since the aggregate molecular-matter (skandha) comprises many pudgala, it is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
