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CHAPTER II
pajjattapajjatta je suhumā bādarā ya je ceva dehassa jivasanņā sutte vavahārado ultā (67) पर्याप्त पर्याप्ता ये सूक्ष्मा बादराश्च ये चैव ।
देहस्य जीवसंज्ञाः सूत्रे व्यवहारतः उक्ताः ॥ ६७॥
developed,
67. Completely developed, incompletely minute and gross, all these modifications pertaining only to the body are given the appellation of jiva in the scripture from the vyavahara point of view.
COMMENTARY
Paryapta and aparyāpta are terms applied to organisms, fully developed or incompletely developed. These attributes apply to all organisms in general. Sukṣma and badara, minute and gross, are attributes applicable only to ekendriya jivas or one-sensed organisms. Sukşma ekendriya jivas are the microscopic organisms present in earth, water, air, etc. Budara ekendriya jivas are the plants and trees of the whole botanical world. These two types of ekendriya jivas are also called sthāvara jivas, living organism incapable of locomotion or stationary beings. The types of organisms beginning with the two-sensed organisms are called trasa jivas, organisms capable of locomotion. All these are various terms describing the bodily differences and yet they are used as names of jivas. 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 jivas, which are associated with them. This transfer of nomenclature of the jiva to the body is only from the vyavahāra point of view.
मोहम्मदया दु वण्णिदा जे इमे गुणट्ठाणा । ते कह हवंति जीवा जे णिचमचेदणा उत्ता ॥ ६८॥ mohanakammassudayā du vaṇṇida je ime gunaṭthāṇā te kaha havamti jāvā je niccamacedanā utta (68)
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