tatsvābhāvyāpattirupapatteḥ ..3.1.23..

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SUTRA III. 1. 23.

तत्स्वाभाव्यापत्तिरुपपत्तेः॥३.१.२३॥

tatsvābhāvyāpattirupapatteḥ ..3.1.23..

... Tat, with those, the others. .. Sabhavya, being similar, similarity, a similar state. .. Apattih, attaining, entering into. .. Upapatteh, there being a reason or possibility, it being reasonable or possible.

23. The descending soul enters into similarity of being with ether and so on; since there is a reason for this. — 314.

COMMENTARY

«Becoming ether, etc»., means getting similarity with these. Why do we say so? There is a reason for it. The astral body (Somaraja) assumed by the soul in the Chandra-loka was taken for the sake of enjoying the pleasures of that world: that astral body (literally, the body of water) melts away like ice under the rays of the burning sun; and when the Karma is exhausted, that body is evaporated by the fire of grief, at the prospect of impending fall; and thus the soul becomes disembodied like ether and then it comes under the control of air, and then it becomes united with smoke and the rest. This is a more reasonable construction to put on the above passage. For it is not possible for souls to become ether, etc., for one abstance cannot become another. And if a soul did really become ether, etc., then there would be no possibility of descent for it.

Adhikarana V — The soul does not stay long

in ether up to rain

Doubt: Next arise3 the question: does the soul in its descent through ether down to rain, stay at each stage for a very long time, or passes through it quickly?

Purvapaksha: There being nothing to define the time of its stay, it remains indefinitely long at each stage. This Purvapaksha is set aside by the next Sutra.

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