Tattvartha Sutra

Author(s): Umaswati, Umaswami, Manu Doshi
Publisher: Shrutratnakar Ahmedabad

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TATTVÄRTHA SUTRA
Pudgal has form and is imbibed with the attributes of touch, taste, odor and color.
आकाशादेकद्रव्याणि ॥५-५॥ निष्क्रियाणि च ॥५-६॥ 5.5: Äkäshädekdravyäni 5.6: Nishkriyäni Cha
(The first three are single and indivisible substances; they are inactive.)
Dharma, Adharma and Äkäsh are indivisible. Each of them constitutes a single, homogenous body. The indivisibility means that their parts cannot be separated. Moreover, these substances prevail everywhere in the universe. Here universe does not mean the space. The space is infinite. Within that space there is an area, where there is the existence of Dharma and Adharma. That area is called Lokäkäsh (cosmic universe) and that constitutes a fraction of the total space. . Moreover, these three substances are inactive. The activity is of two types. One pertains to the changes or alterations taking place within a substance. That is called Parinaman, which is continually going on within every substance. No substance is devoid of that activity. The other activity relates to movement from one place to another. Jeev and Pudgal are mobile; they can move from place to place. Dharma, Adharma and Äkäsh are immobile. They are stable; as such they are termed here as inactive.
असङ्ख्येयाः प्रदेशा धर्माधर्मयोः ।।५-७॥