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Tattvärthasūtra
(kārmaṇa) body has infinite-fold space-points of the luminous (taijasa) body. What is the extent of the multiplying term? It is infinitefold of the non-potential souls or one/infinite part of the emancipated souls.
It is contended that the transmigrating souls, being bound with matter, cannot go to the desired place, just as a dart or a spear cannot pass through a wall. But it is not so. What is the reason? Both these (the last two bodies) are without obstruction.
अप्रतीघाते ॥४०॥
तैजस और कार्मण ये दोनों शरीर [ अप्रतीघाते ] अप्रतीघात अर्थात् बाधा रहित हैं।
The last two (bodies) are without impediment.
The obstruction of one substance (having shape, form) by another is impediment - pratighāta. There is no impediment for these two types of bodies, as these are of extremely fine nature. Just as heat enters a piece of iron, the luminous (taijasa) and the karmic (kārmaṇa) bodies meet with no impediment in their transit through adamantine sphere, etc. Now, there is no impediment for the transformable (vaikriyika) and the projectable (āhāraka) bodies also. It is true. But there is a difference. In case of the last two bodies - the luminous (taijasa) and the karmic (kārmana) - there is no impediment anywhere up to the end of the universe. But it is not so in case of the other two bodies, namely, the transformable (vaikriyika) and the projectable (āhāraka).
Is that the only peculiarity, or is there any other speciality?
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