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3. Lepáhára. Taking in of food by superficial contact; as the earth particles taken in by trees.
4. Ujá hára. Taking in of nutrition in the form of warmth ; as in incubation
5. Manasáhára. Taking in of mental nourishment; as in celestial beings.
6. Kavaláhára. Taking in of food by morsels, as in human beings.
All these assimilations are material. They cannot really be assimilated by the immaterial soul.
णवि सक्कदि घित्तुं जे ण मुंचदे चेव जं परं दव्वं । सो कोवि य तस्स गुणो पाउग्गिय विस्ससो वापि ॥४२८॥ नापि शक्यते गृहीतुं यन्न मुंचति चैव यत्परं द्रव्यम् । स कोऽपि च तस्य गुणो प्रायोगिको वैस्रसो वापि ।। ४२८ ॥
428. There is no such capacity, whatever, natural or acquired in the soul, that it can grasp or give up the other substance.
Commentary. A right believer should meditate that his soul is nothing but the soul itself. Really it does not take any other substance unto itself, nor there is anything in the soul to be given up. Its real nature is to remain in its own real essence. Really there is no natural or acquired quality in the soul to assimilate other substance. It is only from the practical point of view that the soul is said to take in matter and shed it off. A pure soul has no vibrations and no passions. It is ever steadfast in its spatial units and peaceful.
तह्मा दु जो विसुद्धो चेदा सो णेव गिलदे किंचि । णेव विमुंचदि किंचिवि जीवाजीवाणदव्वाणं ॥ ४२६ ॥ तस्मात्तु यो विशुद्धश्चेतयिता स नैव गृह्णाति किंचित् । नैव विमुंचति किंचिदपि जीवाजीवयोव्ययोः ॥ ४२६
429. Therefore, the pure conscious soul neither grasps anything nor gives up anything of the soul and the non-soul substances.
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