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CHAPTER II
pajjattāpajjattā je suhumu bädarā ya je ceva dehassa jīvasaņņā sutte vavahārado utta (67)
पर्याप्तापर्याप्ता ये सूक्ष्मा बादराश्च ये चैव ।
देहस्य जीवसंज्ञाः सूत्रे व्यवहारतः उक्ताः ॥६७॥ 67. Completely developed, incompletely developed, minute and gross, all these modifications pertaining only to the body are given the appellation of jiva in the scripture from the vyavahāra point of view.
COMMENTARY Paryāpta and aparyāpta are terms applied to organisms, fully developed or incompletely developed. These attributes apply to all organisms in general. Sūkşma and bādara, minute and gross, are attributes applicable only to ekendriya jīvas or one-sensed organisms. Sūkşma ekendriya jīvas are the microscopic organisms present in earth, water, air, etc. Badara ekendriya jīvas are the plants and trees of the whole botanical world. These two types of ekendriya jīvas are also called sthāvara jīvas, living organism incapable of locomotion or stationary beings. The types of organisms beginning with the two-sensed organisms are called trasa jīvas, organisms capable of locomotion. All these are various terms describing the bodily differences and yet they are used as names of jīvas. The commentators explain this practical point of view with a popular illustration. Ordinarily, a vessel containing ghee is called a ghee-pot. The pot is made of clay and it is called a ghee-pot because it is used to keep ghee in it. The name of the contained article is transferred to the container, the pot of clay from the practical point of view in order to distinguish it from a water jug or a milk jug. In the same practical way, the various organic bodies get the name of the jīvas, which are associated with them. This transfer of nomenclature of the jīva to the body is only from the vyavahāra point of view.
मोहणकम्मस्सुदया दु वण्णिदा जे इमे गुणट्ठाणा ।
ते कह हवंति जीवा जे णिचमचेदणा उत्ता ॥६॥ mohaņakammassudayā du vannidā je ime gunaţthāņā te kaha havanti jivā je niccamacedanā utta (68)
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