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CHAPTER X अप्पा णिच्चो असंखिज्जपदेसो देसिओ उ समयम्हि ।
णवि सो सक्कइ तत्तो हीणो अहिओ य काउं जे ॥३४२॥ appa nicco, asaṁkhijjapadeso desio u samayamhi navi so sakkai tatto hino ahio ya kaum je (342) आत्मा नित्योऽसंख्येयप्रदेशो दर्शितस्तु समये । नापि स शक्यते ततो हीनोऽधिकश्च कर्तुं यत् ॥३४२॥
342. In the Scripture, the soul is described to be eternal and of immeasurable extension. Hence, of its own accord, it is incapable of increasing or decreasing (its spatial form ).
जीवस्स जीवरूवं वित्थरओ जाण लोयमेत्तं खु । तत्तो सो कि हीणो अहिओ य कहं कुणइ दव्वं ॥३४३।। jīvassa jīvarūvam vittharao jāņa loyamettam khu tatto so kim hīņo ahio ya kaham kunai davvaṁ (343) जीवस्य जीवरूपं विस्तरतो जानीहि लोकमानं खलु । ततः स किं हीनोऽधिको वा कथं करोति द्रव्यम् ॥३४३॥
343. Know ye: that the soul, from the point of view of extension, is really co-extensive with the universe. Therefore, how is this eternal substance caused to assume decreased or increased spatial form.
अह जाणओ दु भावो णाणसहावेण अत्थि इत्ति मयं । तम्हा णवि अप्पा अप्पाणं तु सयमप्पणो कुणइ ॥३४४॥ aha jānao du bhāvo nāṇasahāveņa atthi itti mayan tamha navi appa appānam tu sayamappano kunai (344) अथ ज्ञायकस्तु भावो ज्ञानस्वभावेन तिष्ठतीति मतम् । तस्मान्नाप्यात्मात्मानं तु स्वयमात्मनः करोति ॥३४४॥
344. It is accepted that the conscious principle remains of the nature of knowledge. Therefore, the Self, of its own accord, does not transform itself by itself.
COMMENTARY According to the Sankhya doctrine the Self or Puruşa is nitya and akartā, an absolutely unchanging, permanent cetana entity. All change and all activity proceed from acetana praksti. The Self is only aware of the activity. Thus he is only the
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