Verse 2.25 - Transit from one body to another (vigraha-gati)

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha sūtra 2.25:

विग्रहगतौ कर्मयोगः ॥ २.२५ ॥

vigrahagatau karmayogaḥ || 2.25 ||

In transit from one body to another–vigrahagati–there is the vibration of the karmic-body–kārmaṇa śarīra. (25)

Hindi Anvayarth:

अन्वयार्थ: [विग्रहगतौः] विग्रहगति में अर्थात् नये शरीर के लिये गमन में [कर्मयोगः] कार्मण काययोग होता है।

Anvayartha: [vigrahagatauh] vigrahagati mem arthat naye sharira ke liye gamana mem [karmayogah] karmana kayayoga hota hai |

Explanation in English from Ācārya Pūjyapāda’s Sarvārthasiddhi:

The ability to discriminate between the good and the bad is due to the functioning of the mind. The stage when the soul proceeds to acquire the new body after leaving the old body is without the association of the mind. What is the cause of the soul’s activity in that stage?

‘Vigraha’ means the body. Motion for the sake of the body is ‘vigrahagati’. Or, ‘vigraha’ is hindrance or obstacle. It implies the state of transit from one body to another in which although karmic matter is taken in, quasi-karmic (nokarma) matter is blocked. The motion with such characteristic is ‘vigrahagati’. The karmic-body (kārmaṇa śarīra) which is the root cause of all other bodies is called ‘karma’. Activity (yoga) is the vibration of the space-points (pradeśa) of the soul caused by the molecules of the organ of speech, the mind and the body. Activity (yoga) caused by the karmic-body is karmayoga. This activity of the karmic-body takes place during transit following death. This way, the taking in of new karma and transit to another place are affected.