________________ Verse 94-95 EXPLANATORY NOTE Only by accepting that the space (akasa) is not the cause of motion (gati) and of rest (sthiti), the boundary between the universe (loka) and the non-universe (aloka) can exist. If the space (akasa) be assumed as the cause of motion (gati) and of rest (sthiti) of objects and since the space (akasa) has existence everywhere, it will not be possible to draw a limit in the space (akasa) up to which the souls (jiva) and the matter (pudgala) could exist. This would entail the loss of the non-universespace (alokakasa) every moment and, as a result, the universe-space (lokakasa) would expand, till it becomes infinite. Therefore, the space (akasa) is not the cause of motion (gati) and of rest (sthiti). आकाश में गतिस्थितिहेतुत्व के अभाव का उपसंहार - The conclusion that the space (akasa) does not assist the motion (gati) and the rest (sthiti) - तम्हा धम्माधम्मा गमणट्ठिदिकारणाणि णागासं / इदि जिणवरेहिं भणिदं लोगसहावं सुणताणं // 15 // ___तसमाद्धर्माधर्मों गमनस्थितिकारणे नाकाशम् / इति जिनवरैः भणितं लोकस्वभावं श्रृण्वताम् // 15 // अन्वयार्थ - [ तस्मात् ] इसलिये [गमनस्थितिकारणे] गति और स्थिति के (निमित्त) कारण [धर्माधौ ] धर्म और अधर्म (द्रव्य) हैं, [न आकाशम् ] आकाश (द्रव्य) नहीं है। [इति ] ऐसा [लोकस्वभावं शृण्वताम्] लोकस्वभाव के श्रोताओं को [जिनवरैः भणितम् ] जिनवरों ने कहा है। This establishes that the causes of motion (gati) and of rest (sthiti) are the medium-of-motion (dharma dravya) 183
