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This is a very crude example. The message of this example gets clearer as we go to smaller particles. For visualizing the preservation of identity of a single Samaya one needs to consider the togetherness/ bonding of Pudgala Paramānu.
Bonding related statements change with time
Imagine you are wearing a gold ring and are having a key ring made of iron your hand. Suppose your gold ring comes in contact with the key ring with some pressure or friction. Due to this contact some electrons of gold and iron may get exchanged. Thus by this exchange an electron which was a constituent of gold may become a constituent of iron. Earlier, that electron belonging to gold could boast of being a part of gold and now it can feel sorry for being a constituent of iron. It may be noted that the electron got the status of gold due to bonding with the gold nucleus and the status of iron due to bonding with the nucleus of iron. Thus from this example it is clear that the status based on the bonding is very temporary. Sooner or later the next status of every entity in a bonding would be in variation with the present status.
For pleasure and pain also one can say the same, i.e., they are temporary and a change is inevitable. A rich may become poor and a poor may become rich. Both, boasting and worry are not beautiful. These are related with the movies of bonding. The status based on bonding is temporary.
The foregoing description is focused on the scientific aspects related with material particles. In case of material particles, one can describe many advantages and disadvantages of the processes related with bonding. Further, the narration of bonding in context with Jiva has its own significance, and we all are very much familiar with many details of pleasures and pains associated with bonding. Beyond the pleasures and pains of bonding, the talk of the concept of eternal beauty of each Samaya is very rare. Therefore, Ācārya Kundakunda has introduced this concept from the very beginning (Stanza 3) of this treatise.
