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TATTVÄRTHA SUTRA
If everything can be considered as everlasting from one viewpoint and transitory from the other, the question would be how to express such contradictory views simultaneously. Obviously it is not possible to express that way. This leads us to the third view that it is inexpressible. That logic can be taken further ahead. By combining inexpressibility with everlasting, transitory and everlasting cum transitory natures one after another, one can see that everything and every situation can be viewed from seven perspectives. That is termed as Saptabhangi.
स्निग्धरूक्षत्वाद् बन्धः ॥५-३२॥ न जघन्यगुणानाम् ॥५-३३॥ गुणसाम्ये सदृशानाम् ॥५-३४॥ द्वयधिकादिगुणानां तु ॥५-३५॥ बन्धे समाधिको पारिणामिकौ ॥५-३६॥ 5.32: Snigdharookshatvädbandhah 5.33: Na Jaghanyagunänäm 5.34: Gunasämye Sadệshänäm 5.35: Dvyadhikädigunänäm Tu 5.36: Bandhe Samadhikąu Pärinämikau
(Binding of atoms occurs by virtue of viscosity and dryness. No binding occurs in case of minimum or the same degree of viscosity or dryness. Binding occurs when one object has two more degrees of viscosity or dryness than the other. At the time of binding, Paramänu with the same or higher degree of viscosity or dryness turns the property of the opposite matter to its own property.)
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