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अध्याय-५
The function of the matter (pudgala) is to form the basis of the body (śarīra), the organs of speech (vacana) and mind (mana), and respiration (prāņāpāna). It is contended that this is improper. What is improper? The question was, 'What is the help rendered by the matter?' and, as the answer, the marks (laksaņa), bodies, etc., of the matter (pudgala) are provided. No, it is not improper. The marks (lakṣaṇa) of the matter (pudgala) are described later (as that which is characterized by touch, taste, smell and colour). But here the help rendered by the forms of matter to the souls is described. Five kinds of bodies, such as the gross (audarika), etc., have been described already. Some of these are invisible because these are subtle (sūkşma). Others are visible. The karmic matter which is the cause of these bodies is also included in the term 'bodies' or śarīra. Taking the karma as matter (pudgala), the forms of matter are said to render help to the souls (īva). But some say that the karmic-body (kārmana sarīra) is non-material as, like the space (ākāśa), it has no form. Only gross bodies having form can be considered material. But it is not so. The karmic-body (kārmana śarīra) is material for its fruition depends on the contact of material objects. For instance, paddy, etc., ripen on contact with the water and other things which are material. In the same manner the karmic-body (kārmaņa śarīra) also ripens in the presence of molasses, thorns, etc. - external objects of attachment and revulsion. Hence karmic-body (kārmaņa śarīra) must be ascertained to be material. Speech (vacana) is of two kinds, physical (dravyavacana) and psychical (bhāvavacana). The psychical-speech (bhāvavacana) arises on destruction-cum-subsidence (kşayopaśama) of energy-obstructing (vīryāntarāya), sensory-knowledge-obscuring (matijñānāvaraņa) and scriptural-knowledge-obscuring (śrutajñānāvaraṇa) karmas, and on the rise of physique-making karma (nāmakarma) of limbs and minor limbs (angopānga). It is, therefore, material; without the presence of such karmic matter, the psychical-speech (bhāvavacana) is not possible. Prompted by the active soul endowed with the capacity of the
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