वेदान्त पारिजात सौरभ (भगवद् निम्बार्काचार्य - द्वैताद्वैत वेदान्त ब्रह्मसूत्र भाष्य सटीक)

[SŪ. 2. 2. 33. 370 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA ADH. 6.] The non-soul is the group of objects to be enjoyed by the souls. It is divided into merit, demerit, matter, time and space.¹ Thus, merit is a special kind of substance, inferrible from proper actions. Demerit is the cause of the existence of the non-freed Matter is a substance possessed of colour, smell, taste and touch. It is of two kinds, viz. atoms, and their aggregates. The atoms are the causes of the earth and the rest; and they are not of four kinds, as held by the logicians, but are identical in nature. The distinctions of the earth and the rest are due to the modifications of these atoms. The four-fold elements beginning with the earth, as well as the body, the worlds and so on, are their aggregates Time, on the other hand, is a special kind of substance which is the cause of the conventional distinctions of long, quick and fast and so on, and is atomic in form Space is the absence of covering. It is of two kinds, viz. worldly- space which is mundane, and non-worldly-space,² which is the abode of the freed souls. Influx means the activity of the sense-organs which causes a person to know ³ sense-objects. Or else, influx means karma which complies to,⁴ i.e. follows after, pervading the agent (i.e. pertains to him). Stoppage means that which stops ⁵ the activities of the sense- organs, i.e. the stoppage of the sense-organs, consisting in a deep meditation. Freedom from decay means that which destroys ⁶ the prior- accumulated sins, i.e. austerities known from the teaching of the Arhatas, consisting in not bathing, not speaking, squatting on the thighs with the lower legs crossed over each other,⁷ eating what is spit out from the mouth, mounting on heated stone, plucking out the hairs on the head and so on. Bondage means karma, and is of eight kinds. Among these, there are four destructive-karmas,⁸---viz. relating to the obscuration of knowledge, relating to the mental blindness of perception, relating to delusion, and relating to what hinders ⁹---which obstruct the attributes of the souls, viz. knowledge, perception, happiness and strength. ¹ Dharma, adharma, pudgala, kāla and ākāśa. ² Lokākāśa and alokākāśa. ³ Āsrāvayati iti āsrava. ⁴ Āsravati iti āsrava. ⁵ Saṁvṛṇoti iti saṁvara. ⁶ Nirjarayati iti Nirjara. ⁷ Vīrāsana. ⁸ Ghāti-karma. ⁹ Jñānāvaraṇīya, darśanāvaraṇīya, mohanīya and antarīya.