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(Ans.) Gautam ! Their vaikriya shariras (transmutable bodies) are of two kinds—baddh (bound) and mukta (abandoned). Of these, the baddh vaikriya shariras (bound gross physical bodies) are innumerable. (Their number) in terms of time (is such that) it takes innumerable utsarpini-avasarpini (progressive
regressive cycles of time) to remove them (if stored in a silo). In to terms of area they are equal to space-points in innumerable
Shrenis in the innumerable fraction of one pratar. Expressed in vishkambh-suchi (square units) the Shrenis are equal to
innumerable fraction of the first square root of (the space-points in Da pratar) angul. The details regarding the mukta vaikriya shariras
(abandoned transmutable bodies) should be read just as the general statement regarding audarik shariras (gross physical bodies). The details regarding the aharak shariras (telemigratory bodies) should be read just as the statement regarding aharak shariras (telemigratory bodies) of two-sensed beings. The details about the taijas-karman shariras (fiery and karmic bodies) should be read just as the statement about their audarik shariras (gross physical bodies).
Elaboration-Here one more thing should be kept in mind. For two, three, four and five-sensed beings the term innumerable has been used in general However, as there are innumerable categories even of innumerable, there is a difference of degree (less or more) in specific context Here it is like this-Five-sensed beings are minimum, slightly more than these are four-sensed beings, much more than these are three-sensed beings, even more than these are two-sensed beings and one-sensed beings are infinite times more. Therefore, there is a difference of degree in the innumerableness of the total number of these beings. मनुष्यों के बद्ध-मुक्त पंच शरीर निरूपण
४२३. (१) मणूसाणं भंते ! केवइया ओरालियसरीरा पन्नत्ता ? ___ गो. ! दुविहा पण्णत्ता। तं जहा-बद्धेल्लया य मुक्केल्लया य। तत्थ णं जे ते बद्धेल्लया ते णं सिय संखेज्जा सिय असंखेज्जा, जहण्णपदे संखेज्जा संखेज्जाओ कोडीओ, एगणतीसं ठाणाइं। तिजमलपयस्स उवरिं चउजमलपयस्स हेढा, अहवणं छटो वग्गो
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