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Tattvārthasūtra
In general, this would lead to the interpretation that all the bodies are simultaneously associated with the mundane soul. To preclude such a view it is described how many bodies can exist with the soul, simultaneously.
तदादीनि भाज्यानि युगपदेकस्मिन्नाचतुर्थ्यः ॥४३॥
[तदादीनि ] उन तैजस और कार्मण शरीरों से प्रारम्भ करके [ युगपत् ] एक साथ [एकस्मिन् ] एक जीव के [आचतुर्थ्यः ] चार शरीर तक [भाज्यानि] विभक्त करना चाहिये अर्थात् जानना चाहिये।
Commencing with these (two), up to four bodies can be had simultaneously by a single soul.
“Tať - that - refers to the luminous (taijasa) and the karmic (kārmaņa) bodies, which are under consideration. 'Tadādi' means those which have the luminous and the karmic bodies in the beginning. 'Bhājyāni'means 'can be attained'. Up to what? Up to four bodies can be attained simultaneously by one soul. Some souls have two, namely, the luminous (taijasa) and the karmic (kārmaņa) bodies. Some others have three, namely, the gross (audārika), the luminous and the karmic bodies, or the transformable (vaikriyika), the luminous and the karmic bodies. Yet others have four, namely, the gross, the transformable, the luminous and the karmic bodies. It is mentioned (see sūtra 2-47) that attainment (labdhi) through austerities is also a cause of the origin of the transformable (vaikriyika) body. Can an ascetic with supernatural powers – rddhi – have all the five kinds of bodies, including the projectable (āhāraka) and the transformable (vaikriyika)? No. Firstly, both these bodies – the projectable (āhāraka) and the transformable (vaikriyika) – do not
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