________________ Pancastikaya-samgraha आकाश में गतिस्थितिहेतुत्व भी होने का निषेध - The space (akasa) does not assist the motion (gati) and the rest (sthiti) - आगासं अवगासं गमणट्ठिदिकारणेहिं देदि जदि / उड्ढगदिप्पधाणा सिद्धा चिट्ठति किध तत्थ // 12 // आकाशमवकाशं गमनस्थितिकारणाभ्यां ददाति यदि / ऊर्ध्वंगतिप्रधानाः सिद्धाः तिष्ठन्ति कथं तत्र // 12 // अन्वयार्थ - [ यदि आकाशम् ] यदि आकाश [गमनस्थितिकारणाभ्याम् ] गति-स्थिति के कारण सहित [अवकाशं ददाति ] अवकाश देता हो (अर्थात् यदि आकाश अवकाश हेतु भी हो और गति-स्थिति हेतु भी हो), तो [ऊर्ध्वंगतिप्रधानाः सिद्धाः] ऊर्ध्वगति-प्रधान सिद्ध [ तत्र] उसमें (आकाश में) [कथम् ] क्यों [तिष्ठन्ति ] स्थिर हों? (आगे गमन क्यों न करें?) If the space (akasa) were the cause of providing not only accommodation (avagaha, avakasa), but also of motion (gati) and rest (sthiti), why would the liberated souls, of the nature of darting upward, stop [(at the summit of the universe (loka)]? EXPLANATORY NOTE The liberated souls do not go beyond the end of the universe (loka) as no medium-of-motion (dharma) exists in the non-universe (aloka), beyond the universe (loka). Should the assistance rendered by the medium-of-motion (dharma) and the medium-of-rest (adharma) not attributed to the space (akasa) which is all-pervasive (sarvagata)? No, the space (akasa) has another function; it gives room to all substances including the medium-of-motion (dharma) and the medium-of-rest 180
