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Soul Science : Samayasāra by Jain Ācārya Kundakunda
While knowing the infinite varieties of (pleasant and unpleasant] fruits of material Karma, in reality a Jñānī (an enlightened one) neither transforms nor manifests the Self into the modifications of other substances, and nor acquires other substances. [78]
Similarly, a material substance (Pudgala) also undergoes changes in its form by its own ability (and while undergoing such changes in itself] a material substance (Pudgala) also neither transforms nor manifests itself into the modifications of other substances, and nor acquires other substances. [79]
Annotation
These four stanzas convey one basic law of this cosmos that each Dravya is a sovereign and eternal entity. (For details regarding Dravya, one may refer to Appendix-3.) One Dravya cannot acquire another Dravya, one Dravya cannot cause any change in another Dravya, and one Dravya cannot become another Dravya. It may be noted that this concept is described from the real point of view, and a Jñānī knows it well. Question: Does it mean that a Jīva cannot cause any change in
another material but a Jiva can cause some change in another Jīva?
Answer: No, this is not true. For a Jiva (soul) another Jīva (soul)
is another Dravya. Therefore, according to stanzas 76-78, one Jiva cannot cause any change in another Jiva or any Pudgala Paramāņu. Similarly, for one Pudgala Paramāņu (material substance) another Pudgala Paramāņu is another Dravya. Therefore, according to stanza 79, one Pudgaia Paramāņu
cannot cause any change in another Jiva or Pudgala Paramāņu. Question: Does it mean that a person cannot eat the food? Answer: Whatever we see every day is valuable in some context.
However, for our spiritual development our understanding about eating is to be made clear. Eating does not mean acquiring a group of Pudgala Paramāņu of the food by another group of Pudgala Paramāņu of the human body. In reality
