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etc., (upto lokakasa. i e, the universe, only 1, 2 or 3. etc. aroms ) of matter (will find) distribution of place (if they are in a free condition, but in a molecular form any number of atoms can occupy any one of those spaces ).
SUTRA 15 असंख्येयभागादिषु जीवानाम् ॥ १५ ॥
Asankhyeya bhagadisu jivanam. [The soul even in its lowest condition occupies innumerable pradeshas. This is not in conflict with the saying that (atta RT ) Lokakasa has innumerablc pradeshas, because innumerable may apply to a large number and to a still larger and larger number, So if the Universe (Lokakasa) is divided into innumerable parts, each part also has got innumerable pradeshas.] (The place ) of souls (is) in one or more of (these) innumerable parts.
Souls have five (aga suksma ) or dense (ang hadara ) bodies, Fine bodies can pass through dense bodies. And the space occupied by one dense-bodied soul, gives place to an infinite number of fine. bodied souls
SUTRA 16 प्रदेगसंहार विगर्गाभ्यां प्रदीपवत् ॥ १६ ॥ Pradesha samhara visar pabhyam pradipavat By the contraction and expansion of the pradeshas (the soul, although it always has innumerable piadeshas, occupies space) like the light from a lamp. (e, 8, a soul can occupy the space represented by an ant or an elephant or even the 7517354 Mahamachchha found in the **44542 Svayambhurumana, the outermost ocean of our Universe and of which the length is 1000 yojanas This is the biggest body in existence The smallest is that of a fine nigoda soul which is aparyapta, i e, incapable ot full development The souls that occupy body die and reborn 18 times in the time taken by one heat of the average human pulse 7 hus it is like a lamp which lights a small room and also a larger one. Light vibrations expand more in the larger than in the small room)
SUTRA 17
गतिस्थित्युपग्रही धर्माधर्मयोरुप कार: ॥ १७ ॥ Gati sthityupagrahau dharmadharmayorupakarah.
Supporting the motion and rest (of soul and matter, is ) the function of Dharma andAdharma respectively.
