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अध्याय-५
materiality - arūpi – would also apply to the matter (pudgala). Hence the exception is mentioned.
रूपिणः पुद्गलाः ॥५॥
[पुद्गलाः ] पुद्गल द्रव्य [ रूपिणः ] रूपी अर्थात् मूर्तिक हैं।
Things which have form – rūpī – constitute the matter (pudgala).
'Rupa' means form. What is form? The effect of the aggregation of colour, shape, etc., is form. Things which have form are called 'rupt'. Or, 'rupa' is a word denoting a specific quality. And things which possess this quality are material – rūpī’. It does not however mean that taste, smell, etc., are excluded as colour is inseparably connected with these. The plural ‘pudgalaḥ’is used in order to indicate different forms of the matter, such as the atoms and the molecules. These different forms of the matter are described later. If it be contended that the matter is formless and of elemental nature (as in the Sāmkhya philosophy), it would contradict the manifold effects that are seen in the world.
Do other substances, like the medium of motion (dharma), have divisions like the matter (pudgala)?
आ आकाशादेकद्रव्याणि ॥६॥
[आ आकाशात् ] आकाश पर्यन्त [ एकद्रव्याणि ] एक-एक द्रव्य हैं अर्थात् धर्म द्रव्य, अधर्म द्रव्य और आकाश द्रव्य एक-एक हैं।
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