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SUTRA 15
असख्येयभागादिषु जीवानाम् ।। १५ ।। Asankhyeya bhagadisu jivanam
Fifth Chapter
etc, (upto lokakasa 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)
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[The soul even in its lowest condition occupies innumerable pradeshas This is not in conflict with the saying that (लोकाकाश ) Lokakasa has innumerable 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 (18) in one or more of (these) innumerable parts
SUTRA 16
प्रदेशसहार विसर्पाभ्या प्रदीपवत् ।। १६ ।।
Pradesha samhara visarpabhyam pradipavat
Souls have five ( suksma) or dense ( badan a) bodies Fine bodies can pass through dense bodies And the space occupied by one dense-bodied soul, gives place to an infinite number of finebodied souls
By the contraction and expansion of the pradeshas (the soul, although it always has innumerable pradeshas, occupies space) like the light from a lamp (e, g, a soul can occupy the space represented by an ant or an elephant or even the Mahamachchha found in the Svayambhur amana, 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, e incapable of full development The souls that occupy body die and reborn 18 times in the time taken by one beat of the average human pulse Thus 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)
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गतिस्थित्युपग्रह धर्माधर्मयोरुप कार ॥ १७ ॥
Gati sthityupagrahau dharmadharmayorupakarah Supporting the motion and rest (of soul and matter, is) the function of Dharma andAdharma respectively
