Tattvartha sutra

Author(s): Umaswati, Umaswami, D S Baya
Publisher: Agam Ahimsa Samta Evam Prakrit Samsthan

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TATTVÄRTHA SŪTRA : LIVING BEINGS : 33
• Parani parani sūksmani || 38 || These bodies are respectively finer than the former, in the given
order; e.g. laikriya body is finer than the Audărika body, the Ahāraka body is finer than the Vaikriya body and so on. (38)
• Pradeśato sanikhyeyagunani prāk taijasāt || 39 || (The three bodies) mentioned prior to the Taijasa body -
Audārika, Vaikriya and Ahāraka - progressively possess innumerable times more material particles as compared to their preceding ones; e.g. Vaikriya body possesses innumerable times more material particles than the Audärika
body, etc. (39) • Anantagune pare || 40 || Beyond (these three bodies – Audārika, Vaikriya and Ähāraka –
i.e. Taijasa and Kārmana) bodies possess infinite times more material particles as compared to the preceding ones; viz.
Taijasa body possesses infinite times more material particles as compared to those possessed by the Ahāraka body and the Kärmana body possesses infinite times more material particles as compared to the Taijasa body. (40)
• Apratighāte|| 41 || These two (Taijasa and Kārmana) bodies are irresistible, i.e. they
can access anywhere in the world without any hinderance. (41)
• Anādisambandhe ca || 42 || They, also, have a beginningless association with the soul. They
are posessed by all (the worldly living beings). (42) • Sarvasya || 43 || All the living beings (at one time or the other) have (two or more --
up to four) these bodies. (43)