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produce it and the soul could then be purchased from the market. No one has, however, succeeded in doing it.
The explanation given under this stanza (Vachanämrut # 718) is pertinent in this connection. It states: “The compositions like bodies that come to our sight are the objects of seeing for soul, the experiencer; it means that they are the objects of sight and knowledge for the soul. If you examine the nature of such compositions, there would not seem any composition that could turn out soul”. The soul is thus not an outcome of any composition; it is an uncomposed, original, eternal substance.
જડથી ચેતન ઊપજે, ચેતનથી જડ થાય; એવો અનુભવ કોઈને, ક્યારે કદી ન થાય.
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Jadathi Chetan Upaje, Chetanthi Jad Thäy; Evo Anubhav Koine, Kyäre Kadi Na Thäy.
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No one can ever experience the emergence of consciousness out of lifeless matter; nor the consciousness turning into lifeless matter. (65)
Explanation & Discussion: Lifeless matter and the conscious soul are two distinct and separate substances. They are independent of each other and one cannot emerge or be created out of the other. The lifeless matter that is pertinent here is known as Pudgal. Whatever we see with the eyes or experience with the help of any other organ is termed as Pudgal. It is a composite of infinite Paramänus (smallest particles), which are the most subtle, indivisible parts of matter. In scientific terms, subatomic particles can be treated as approximation to Paramänus.
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