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CHAPTER II
COMMENTARY Varna or colour, such as black, green, yellow, red and white, are qualities of physical objects and physical objects alone, and hence they cannot be predicated of jiva which is entirely non-physical and spiritual in nature
Gandha or smell is of two kinds Pleasant odour and unpleasant odour These are also characteristics of physical objects and hence cannot be predicated of the soul
Rasa or Taste, is as follows -Sweet, bitter, acid, pungent, and astuingent These tastes are also associated with material things and hence cannot be transferred to the soul because of the intrinsic difference between the two
Sparsa or contact sensation consists of smooth or rough, cold hot, heavy or light, and hard or soft sensations These different contact sensations are all again associated with physical objects Hence these physical qualities cannot be predicated of giva or soul
Sarira or body The body associated with piva is of five different kinds audārıka sarira body given birth to by the mother, vaikriayaka sarīra, various bodily forms magical and hallucinatory in nature assumed by a yogi because of his yogic powers ahāraka sarīra is the body drawn out of the physical body in the form of plasma by the magic powers of the yogi with the object of carrying out something which is beyond the reach of the physical body Tayasa sarira refers to the brilliant form of halo which shines forth from the physical body under certain spiritual conditions Lastly, kārmana sarīra is the body constituted by karmic matter, which is extremely subtle and which is inseparable from the soul throughout its samsāric career Since all these different bodies are constituted by matter either gross or subtle, these cannot be identified with jīva or soul
Samsthāna refers to the different shapes of the organic bodies These are samachatura samsthanā, body that is symmetrically developed, nyagrodha parimandala samsthāna, body that is top-heavy like the banyan-tree, swāte sam sthana, body that is long and thin like a sword, kubjasamsthāna, hunch-backed body, vămana samsthāna, dwarfish body, and hunda samsthāna, an ugly mass of flesh All these
