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possessed only by the above enumerated species of beings—that is, by the heavenly beings, the hellish beings, the human beings born of a womb, the animals born of a womb. That is why it is they alone who are here counted as those possessed of manas. 23-25.
With a view to specially acquainting with the transmigratory motion an account offered of the five topics yoga—that is, activity-etc. :
At the time of the transmigratory motion there takes place only one type of yoga or activity—viz. that pertaining to karma. 26.
All motion takes place following a śreņī or a straight line. 27.
The motion of a soul-meaning, that of a soul which is in the process of being emancipated-is invariably devoid of a turning. 28.
On the other hand, the motion of a worldly soul may be devoid of a turning or it might exhibit the same. And the number of possible turnings is less than four—that is, three at the most. 29.
The duration of the absence of turning is but one samaya-that is to say, the motion devoid of a turning is of the duration of one samaya. 30.
A soul remains without nourishment for a duration of one samaya or two. 31.
All the systems of philosophy that posit rebirth are faced with the following five questions related to the transmigratory motion :
(1) At the time when a soul undertakes motion either with a view to assuming a new birth or with a view to attaining moksa
1. For a particularly clear understanding of the matter see Hindi Chauthā Karmagrantha, p. 143, the appendix pertaining to the term anāhāraka.
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