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Tattvārthasūtra
By the particle 'api', 'labdhipratyaya' is supplied. The luminous (taijasa) body also is caused by the attainment of supernatural powers -rddhi.
What is the nature of the projectable (āhāraka) body, and in whom does it originate?
शुभं विशुद्धमव्याघाति चाहारकं प्रमत्तसंयतस्यैव ॥४९॥
[ आहारकं] आहारक शरीर [शुभम् ] शुभ है अर्थात् वह शुभ कार्य करता है [ विशुद्धम् ] विशुद्ध है अर्थात वह विशुद्धकर्म (मंद कषाय से बंधने वाले कर्म) का कार्य है [च अव्याघाति] और व्याघात-बाधारहित है तथा [ प्रमत्तसंयतस्यैव ] प्रमत्तसंयत (छठवें गुणस्थानवर्ती) मुनि के ही (वह शरीर) होता है।
The projectable (āhāraka) body, which is auspicious, pure, and without impediment, originates only in the saint of the sixth stage - pramattasamyata.
The projectable (āhāraka) body is auspicious as it is the cause of the karmas that are auspicious -āhāraka kāyayoga. Sometimes the cause is identified with the effect. For instance, food which preserves life is called life. Since it (the projectable body) brings about spotless and pure result, it is called pure. Sometimes the effect is identified with the cause. For instance, the thread which is the effect of cotton is called cotton. There is no impediment both ways. The projectable (āhāraka) body does not cause impediment to anything else. Nor does anything else cause impediment to the projectable (āhāraka) body. The particle 'ca' is used to indicate multiplicity of its (projectable body) uses. Its utility is sometimes to ascertain the possession of extraordinary
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