Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary)
by Vijay K. Jain | 2018 | 130,587 words | ISBN-10: 8193272625 | ISBN-13: 9788193272626
This page describes the province of the mind (mana) which is verse 2.21 of the English translation of the Tattvartha Sutra which represents the essentials of Jainism and Jain dharma and deals with the basics on Karma, Cosmology, Ethics, Celestial beings and Liberation. The Tattvarthasutra is authorative among both Digambara and Shvetambara. This is verse 21 of the chapter Category of the Living and includes an extensive commentary.
Verse 2.21 - The province of the mind (mana)
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha s奴tra 2.21:
啶多啶班啶むぎ啶ㄠた啶ㄠ啶︵啶班た啶じ啷嵿く 啷� 啷�.啷ㄠェ 啷�
艣谤耻迟补尘补苍颈苍诲谤颈测补蝉测补 || 2.21 ||
Scriptural knowledge (艣谤耻迟补箩帽腻苍补) is the province of the mind (mana). (21)
Hindi Anvayarth:
啶呧え啷嵿さ啶ぞ啶班啶�: [啶呧え啶苦え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶苦く啶膏啶痌 啶え 啶曕ぞ 啶掂た啶粪く [啶多啶班啶むぎ啷峕 啶多啶班啶む啷嵿啶距え啶椸啶氞ぐ 啶う啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ 啶灌啶� 啶呧ぅ啶掂ぞ 啶え 啶曕ぞ 啶啶班く啷嬥啶� 啶多啶班啶む啷嵿啶距え 啶灌啷�
Anvayartha: [anindriyasya] mana ka vishaya [shrutam] shrutajnanagocara padartha haim athava mana ka prayojana shrutajnana hai |
Explanation in English from 膧c膩rya P奴jyap膩da鈥檚 Sarv膩rthasiddhi:
Since the mind is variable, it is not admitted to be a sense. Does it assist cognition (upayoga)? Of course, it does assist cognition (upayoga). Without the mind the senses cannot function in their province. Is assisting the senses only use of the mind or is there any other use too?
The object of scriptural knowledge (艣谤耻迟补箩帽腻苍补) is the 鈥�艣谤耻迟补鈥欌�搕he knowledge in comprehensible form or the Scripture. It is the province of the mind (mana). With the help of the mind (mana), the soul (箩墨惫补) with destruction-cum-subsidence (办峁测辞辫补艣补尘补) of scriptural-knowledge-obscuring (艣谤耻迟补j帽膩n膩vara峁嚹珁a) karma, engages in attainment of the knowledge contained in the Scripture. Or, scriptural knowledge is the Scripture. It is the object of the mind. The mind is capable of accomplishing it independently, without the help of the senses. The senses are the instrumental cause of scriptural knowledge by convention (辫补谤补尘辫补谤腻) only.