________________ Verse 83 The substance of the medium-of-motion (dharmastikaya) is without-touch (asparsa), without-taste (arasa), without-colour (avarna), without-smell (agandha), and without-sound (asabda). It pervades the whole of the universe (loka), it is one, indivisible whole (akhanda - without parts), has vastness, and has innumerable spacepoints (pradesa). EXPLANATORY NOTE Devoid of the qualities of touch (sparsa), taste (rasa), colour (varna), and smell (gandha), the substance of the medium-of-motion (dharmastikaya) is incorporeal (amurta) and, therefore, withoutsound (asabda). It pervades the whole of the universe and, therefore, lokavyapaka. Since all its constituents in different space-points (pradesa) are inseparable (residing in the same substratum - ayutasiddha), it is one, indivisible whole (akhanda - without parts, gaps or interval). By nature, it is vast, pervading the universe-space. From the transcendental point-of-view (niscaya naya), it is a single continuum (akhanda - without parts), however, from the empirical point-of-view (vyavahara naya) it has innumerable (asamkhyata) space-points (pradesa), as the universe-space (lokakasa). . . . . . . . . . . 165
