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moment it loses straightness. Thus we are able to allot different moments for each of them.
Utpada. Sthiti and Nāśa (all these three)-Bhinnakālina (occurring at definite intervals) or Ekakālīna (occuring simultaneously)--as we saw above, are themselves different from or one with the Dravya of which they are the Dharmas (properties).
They are different because they are its constituents and they are not different also because they don't claim a separate existence being all included in the Dravya. If we want to understand a particular Dravya with reference to past, present and future, we should do so in this manner. Let us take the example of a building. When it is in the process of building we think that the whole building is being built but it is not so really speaking because some portion of it is already built while some is still to be built.
In the same way the building is Vigacchat (in the process of destruction) because the constituting parts such as bricks etc are giving up their loose condition, it is Vigata (destructed) as far as its completed part is concerned, because the loose condition of its constituting parts is already clestructed; it is Vigamisyat (about to be lost) so far as the incomplete part is concerned because the destruction of loose condition of the constituting parts such as bricks etc., is still to take place. Thus all the three states can be very well accomodated. Thus going deeper into details, three conditions namely Utpadyamāna, Utpanna and Utpatsyamāna can be a established regarding every destruction (Vigama) and vice versa.
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